BNSF train S-LPCLHG1-08 arrived at Esperanza (milepost 35.6 on the San Bernardino Sub) at 5:56 pm (17:56) the previous evening, having originated in Chicago’s Logistics Park. And it was still the... (more)

One of the mainlines on BNSF's triple-tracked line through Santa Ana Canyon is used to park empty Intermodal trains that are awaiting space in either Los Angeles' Hobart Yard or in the ports of Lo... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is running 6 hours 15 minutes late as it passes through Esperanza, in the western end of Santa Ana Canyon. This train experienced a 4-hour... (more)

Parked on one of the three mainlines at Esperanza, BNSF train S-LPCLHG2-03 (Intermodal Stacks; Logistics Park Chicago IL to Los Angeles Harbor CA-GGS) may be awaiting a new crew as there appears t... (more)

On Memorial Day 2020, the holiday lull in rail traffic was taken advantage of when a special high/wide load was hauled from San Onofre, in northern San Diego County to Apex, Nevada. Morning passe... (more)

A trio of factory new C40-8Ws keads a westbound freight towards Esperanza through box canyon.

Metrolink train 802 passes through Santa Ana Canyon as it heads from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to San Bernardino (Downtown) on May 20, 2019. Metrolink is the only owner (so far) of EMD's latest... (more)

Metrolink train 800 winds through Santa Ana Canyon as it heads from Oceanside to Riverside (Downtown) on a bright Spring morning. Metrolink is the only owner (so far) of EMD's latest F-unit, the ... (more)

Westbound BNSF Railway train S-ALTSCO1-14 (Intermodal Stacks; Alliance TX to Thenard CA) is met by eastbound BNSF train Q-LACNSA6-17 (Guaranteed Service Intermodal; Los Angeles CA to NS-Ashland Av... (more)

BNSF Railway's Transcon is a busy stretch of railroading - and a long stretch, as it connects the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California to Chicago, Illinois, a distance of over 2000 mile... (more)

A colorful Z-LACNYC9 has just begun it's trip to Croxton, NJ as it rounds the Horseshoe Curve in the Santa Ana River Canyon at Yorba Londa.

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It’s a hot July morning in the Santa Ana foothills in Southern California. In a couple of hours it will be almost unbearable to be standing trackside as the sun and heat continue to rise in the ce... (more)

A colorful morning intermodal storms the large now three track horse shoe curve at Weir Canyon out of Esperanza on a spring day in Southern California.