Sierra Northern switch job returns from Riverbank Ca. to Sierra Northern terminal in Oakdale Ca.

Back in 1997 I had an absolute dream job (except for the lower than expected pay and the drive to Burbank and home each day which probably took ten years off my life). Still, I was working at NBC,... (more)

Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station 1 hour 12 minutes behind schedule (because it arrived in San Luis Obispo 1 hour and 5 minutes late) is Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight.... (more)

SERA 2652 pushes tank cars into Riverbank Industrial Complex property at Riverbank Ca.

The Riu hotel in SF was incredibly convenient for catching the trolley, but I'm sure it doesn't compare to The Wharf Inn and its free parking. Here one of MUNI's restored PCC's rolls past on a dam... (more)

I wasn't prepared for the trolley situation in San Francisco. I was there for work and surprised that there were vintage PCCs running right outside my hotel. Here's one of them.

My wife used to work with someone who came from the eastern US, and after the San Gabriel Mountains would get some snow, on a clear day he would say, "It looks like we live somewhere." And as we ... (more)

A winter storm has cleared the area as WP 704 and WP 710 are stored next to the roundhouse in the Western Pacific Stockton yard. To the right is UP 1223, a sign of the merger that was to come. Pho... (more)

Westside Lumber Company Lima 3 Truck Shay No.15, in the environment it was built for in 1913'

Making a stop in Orange is Metrolink train 602, heading from Los Angeles to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. SCAX F125 907 leads this five-car train on this stormy day. (Orange, California – Febru... (more)

Contrary to how it looks, this is not a roller coaster; rather it is the Metrolink San Gabriel Sub with a Stadler DMU in Arrow service approaching the Redlands - Esri station.

A Stadler FLIRT DMU for Metrolink's Arrow service passes under the palm trees at the newly constructed Redlands - Downtown station. At the current time, the DMUs operate exclusively on the nine-mi... (more)

The railroad is owned by Searles Valley Minerals. The company produces borax, boric acid, soda ash, salt cake, and salt and interchanges with the Union Pacific Railroad at Searles Station outside ... (more)

Sierra Railroad Genset No. 2266 crosses !0th Street in Santa Paula.

Sierra Railroad Genset No. 2266 arrives in Santa Paula with Covered Hoppers for storage. 35 Covered Hoppers are already stored on the property.