Just after sunset on another smoky day in the Western US, BNSF Railway train H-BARWAT1-12 (High Priority Merchandise, Barstow to Watson) is about to get overtaken by a higher priority westbound (t... (more)
It is sunset, both literally and figuratively, for Amtrak’s long-distance trains, as on October 12, 2020, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, San Francisco Zephyr, Empire Builder an... (more)
BNSF Railway train R-CAL0081-30I, the "2nd La Mirada" local, is a local with a pair of former Santa Fe GP60Ms for power: BNSF 127 and 141. This train is heading back to the yard in La ... (more)
Twenty minutes after the westbound H-BARWAT passed through Fullerton, its eastbound counterpart, H-WATBAR9-30A, approaches the passenger station as it leaves the setting sun behind. Even on a hot... (more)
Each day, the near constant parade of intermodal trains on BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub through Fullerton is broken up by a few locals, as well as a pair of "loose car" freight trains: T... (more)