Southern California Hotspot ... Once Upon a Time

About ten years from retirement, Southern Pacific SD45 9007 leads a westbound freight toward the crossing of the Santa Fe's mainline ... (more)

BNSF 3866 leads a westbound baretable through Colton.

UP 6247 is one of the latest repaints fresh from North Little Rock, AR 6/10 and this ex SP 279 second trip through the paint booth. UP 6247, NS 3634 & 6443 on point leadling 102lds, 2888tns, 6084f... (more)

BNSF 9065 leads the West Colton to Barstow manifest which railfans affectionately call the "Wickle-Bar".

Power for the North Platte performs a dance in the trim yard, dropping its DPU on on track and then heading off to the head end of its train. In the background the Mojave Flyer gets ready to depar... (more)

Westbound UP intermodal train using Santa Fe trackage rights through Colton.

UP ET45AH 2624 West Colton, Ca.

UP 8415 in fresh paint. West Colton, Ca.

About a minute before sunset, 3 ET45AH's lead a long Roseville to West Colton freight off the Mojave Sub seen from the Pepper Ave overpass.

The West Colton to North Platte manifest departs with a fresh painted SD70ACe leading.

Colton, Not West Colton.

Rolling past the Colton station and approaching the famed Colton Crossing (where the Southern Pacific crosses the Santa Fe / Union Pacific) is a westbound Sa... (more)

A 3 pack of Tier4's leads the Fresno into West Colton.

UP 1996 is on the point of the M SCWCW 20 as it heads compass south under the endangered Santa Fe searchlights at Rana.

Power for the Kaiser Hauler heads east out of West Colton on a super clear afternoon in which San Gorgonio Mountain can actually be seen in all of its glory. In the foreground is the GATX facility... (more)

After serving nearly a year in place of an OOS Genset, the old NW2 that's switched cars recently at GATX has been placed in a deadline (and the genset has been revived). Anyone know the history of... (more)