BNSF Railway train Z-LACNYC9-17 winds through the S-curve at Fullerton Jucntion, where Metrolink’s Orange Sub (formerly the Santa Fe’s Fourth District) diverges from the BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub ... (more)

Metrolink train 751 is a 91/Perris Valley Line train, making its way from Perris (South) station to Los Angeles Union Station. SCAX cab car 689 is leading this westbound, with SCAX F125 926 power... (more)

A Pleasant Surprise!

After running an errand at the large chain hardware store alongside Metrolink’s Olive Sub, on the way home I made a quick stop at the Metrolink station in down... (more)

Heading eastbound through Glendale on a crisp winter afternoon is a Southern Pacific freight, headed from the Pacific Northwest to Los Angeles’ Taylor Yard. The train is powered by a six-axle qua... (more)

UP GP35 789, the former Western Pacific 3009, at Portola, California, on June 14, 1987.

Metrolink train 605 departed Oceanside at 5:42 am, the third Los Angeles-bound departure of the day. At 6:49 the train is arriving at the station in Orange. With COVID-19 pandemic restrictions s... (more)

Metrolink train 805 makes a stop in Orange just before the sun rises over the Santa Ana Mountains. Train 805 originated in downtown San Bernardino and is bound for Irvine. (Orange, California – ... (more)

BNSF Railway train Z-WSPLAC7-11 heads into the setting sun behind a quintet of GE diesels (ES44DC 7329, ET44C4 3879, ES44C4 7116, ET44C4 3798 and ES44C4 7094). This is a Priority UPS-LTL Intermod... (more)

A trainload of shipping containers, most with either no or very small logos, bound for New York NY heads east in BNSF train Z-LACNYC9-07. As usual in the Twenty-First Century, the train is powere... (more)

A Sad Sight in America These Days

After getting to operate at mainline speeds – 40 to 55 miles per hour – on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, train LOA32 is back on UP’s Santa Ana Industrial ... (more)

Metrolink F125 937 is slowing train 600 from its 79 Miles Per Hour speed limit as it rounds the last curve, at CP College, approaching the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC)... (more)

For 45 minutes, Union Pacific train LOA32, the local heading from Anaheim to Santa Ana, could be heard blowing for the various grade crossings as it was switching cars at various south Anaheim war... (more)

The Last Daily Chief

October 11, 2020, was the final day for daily service for Amtrak’s long-distance trains, such as train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, as it make... (more)

At the Indiana Railroad’s engine shed in their Hiawatha Yard are several locomotives that do not belong to the INRD: The CIT Group AC4400CW 1024 and Norfolk Southern GP38-2s 5020 and 5040.... (more)

A trio of Indiana Southern SD40-2s (ISRR 3383, 3386 and 3382) were found in Edwardsport, Indiana, on September 29, 2017. The engine on the south end, ISRR 3383, was built in February 1980 as Burli... (more)