Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, has operated as a daily train for nearly 50 years (although not always with that name, as it was originally the Southwest Limited). That ends in a couple o... (more)

Metrolink train 321 is one mile into its 56½-mile trip from the San Bernardino Transit Center as it makes its first stop at the former Santa Fe passenger station. SCAX F125 910 is shoving on the ... (more)

A Union Pacific "UPS, Expedited Intermodal" train (UP ZCIG2 28) climbs upgrade in San Timoteo Canyon after originating in the railroad’s Industry Yard (in the City of Industry) 52-miles ... (more)

West Riverside, in downtown Riverside on the BNSF Railway’s San Bernardino Sub, is where the Union Pacific joins the BNSF for the 100.6-mile segment through San Bernardino, over Cajon Pass and jus... (more)

Since 1992, Metrolink’s San Bernardino Line terminated at the former Santa Fe station, which is also a stop on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief. In 2010, plans for an extension to downtown San Ber... (more)

BNSF Railway Dash 9-44CW 4694 and SD70ACe 8594 lead a train of empty cement covered hoppers. This unit train is symbolled U-SIOMQA4-03, heading from Sioux City IA to Minnequa CO. Click Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Akron, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4694
Train ID: BNSF U-SIOMQA
Photo Date: August 08, 2015

Metrolink train 604, making its way from Los Angeles to Oceanside, makes its stop in Orange. SCAX F125 918 is the power for this train. (Orange, California – September 25, 2020)

CSX Transportation’s St. Louis Line Subdivision, made up of segments of former parallel New York Central (east of Terre Haute IN) and Pennsylvania Railroad lines (west of Terre Haute). While Penn... (more)

Amtrak train 1, the westbound Sunset Limited, is due into Los Angeles Union Station at 8:30 am, but the train arrived much earlier as it was already in the station shortly after 7:00 am. B... (more)

An Amtrak Cascades trainset sits in Portland’s Union Station between runs, having recently arrived as train 517 from Vancouver, British Columbia – 187 miles to the north. (Vancouver, Washi... (more)

Factory-fresh Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Dash 8-40BW 519 (built 10/90) sits in the railway’s Corwith Yard, awaiting it’s next assignment. These were heady days on the Santa Fe, as the 500s follow... (more)

One of Southern Pacific’s "Haulers," short-haul freights that transferred cars between yards, large or small, departed the railroad’s West Colton Yard eastbound, as all departures do. B... (more)

Pacific Electric Steeplecab 1624 is seen undergoing restoration in Barn 7 at the Southern California Railway Museum in Perris. Built by the PE’s Torrance Shops in 1924, this electric locomotive w... (more)

On the last full day of summer 2020, Metrolink train 689 passes through CP Maple as it heads to Los Angeles with F125 919 shoving on the rear. SCAX 919 was built by EMD in February 2017, but did ... (more)

A Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Blue Line train arrives at the Arlington Cemetery station on its trip from Franconia-Springfield VA to Largo MD. The majority of Washington DC's M... (more)