Winding through the S-curve just uphill from Cajon Pass' Mormon Rocks is BNSF Railway train Z-WSPLAC2-31U (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Willow Springs IL to Los Angeles CA). With only 46 cars (al... (more)

BNSF train H-BARWCL1-02F arrives at its destination, Union Pacific's West Colton Yard. BNSF ES44AC 6287, ES44DC 7408, ES44DC 7792 and Dash 9-44CW 4992 have brought this train the 86 (or so) miles... (more)

Union Pacific manifest train MWCNP-02, operating on the BNSF between Keenbrook and Daggett (and so, technically, BNSF train F-MWCNP01-02M while utilizing trackage rights) rounds the well-known cur... (more)

The GATX repair facility in Colton, adjacent to Union Pacific's West Colton Yard, received a new locomotive in December 2024 – GMTX SW1000 78. This switcher was built by EMD in December 1970 as... (more)

On a very snowy Veterans Day (it's still just Autumn!), a pair of Metra commuter trains meet each other right on time as a passenger, who got off the westbound train (METX 1229, on the right), wai... (more)

Heading downgrade through Blue Cut is BNSF train S-LHGLPC1-30A, hauling intermodal containers from Chicago IL to Long Beach CA-PCT. BNSF ES44DC 7779 is leading this train on a bright October afte... (more)

Not Your Typical Surfliner!

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 572, making its way from San Diego to Los Angeles, is radically different than the usual Surfliners: (A... (more)

Cresting the grade at Summit, BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5072 and ES44DC 7275 begin their decent downhill toward Hesperia and points east, although Distributed Power Units ES44C4 8184 and Dash 9-44CW 4016 a... (more)

Leaving Barstow and heading to northern California on BNSF Railway's Mojave Sub is a westbound freight train, powered by five General Electric BNSF diesels: ES44DC 7729 and Dash 9-44CWs 986 and 4... (more)

As Union Pacific SD40M-2 2725 (ex-SP 8649, ex-MK 959, née-CNW SD45 959) and UP GP40M-2 1533 (ex-SP 7298, née-MKT GP40 175) switch intermodal cars at the railroad's ICTF, a westbound UP intermoda... (more)

United States Air Force 44-ton 1236 was built by General Electric in early 1953, showing 02/02/53 as the derlivery date for Middletown, Pennsylvania, possibly at the now-closed Olmsted Air Force B... (more)

Details are still a little sketchy, but on Monday, 12/23/24, Union Pacific ore train OUTS1 (Iron Springs, UT (near Cedar City) to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor) ran through a red signal at Con... (more)

BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4947 Back On Home Rails, With a New Identity

Passing through Pacific MO (formerly Franklin MO) is BNSF Railway's Cuba Sub (formerly the St. Louis-San Fran... (more)

Rolling in to Caltrain's San Antonio station is Caltrain 313, with cab/bike car 114 leading, and F40PH-2 915 for power on the rear. These commuter trains are operated by the Peninsula Corridor Jo... (more)

Winter Solstice: Worst Day to Railfan?

The winter solstice, or hibernal solstice, occurs when either of Earth's poles reaches its maximum tilt away from the Sun. This yea... (more)