Thanks to a thus-far fairly wet winter, the hills of southern California are nice and green (and, sadly, much more burnable later in the year). It has even been wet enough that bright orange Cali... (more)
Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, running 4 hours 26 minutes late. (Yorba Linda, California – February 18, 2023)
Amid a near-constant stream of S-, Q- and Z-symbolled intermodal trains, it was a welcome relief to find a unit train of loaded ethanol tank cars snaking through a colorful Santa Ana Canyon. BNSF... (more)
Leading BNSF Railway train Z-LACNWH3-19A (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Los Angeles CA to North Baltimore OH) is BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4709. It may not be obvious, but this locomotive wears a unique ve... (more)
A Joliet to Ports of LA/Long Beach stack train passes "Spot 4" in Santa Ana Canyon, a common location where trains going to and from the Ports get stored for crews and capacity.
A westbound S train heads through the Santa Ana Canyon in the late afternoon.
Late trains keep getting later…Amtrak 3, the Southwest Chief, making its way west, was only 34 minutes behind schedule when it departed Gallup NM the day before, but by the time it... (more)
Running five-hours-late, Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, led by P42DC 160 (wearing the carrier's "Pepsi Can" scheme in honor of Amtrak's 50th Anniversary in 2021), passes... (more)
Thanks to United Airlines cancelling my morning flight to Denver, I was able to catch a 5 hour late Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief led by P42DC 160, wearing the carrier's "Pep... (more)
Z-LACMEM heads through Atwood with a 4 pack of GEs on the head end.
A hot Z9 approaches Esperanza westbound with 5 GEs on the head end.
Z-NYCLAC9-14L comes off the curve in Yorba Linda as they proceed west towards Hobart.
Metrolink 800 splits a pair of BNSF trains on the horseshoe curve east of Esperanza.
The Z-LACWSP9-03L heads east as they pass a stack train that was just placed into storage at "Spot 1" on the storage track at Esperanza.
The BNSF Christmas train makes their third pass of the day at Esperanza as they head to Fullerton with a trainload of employees and their families.
