Rolling east on Southern Pacific’s West Colton Division, Cotton Belt GP35 6505 (ex-SSW 765) and SP GP9R 3880 (ex-SP GP9 3720, née-SP GP9 5884) meet a westbound, led by SP SD45T-2 9216, holding ... (more)
A Union Pacific local, with "GP38-3" 2507 and GP39-2 2732 for power, rolls into Hoffman Yard. UP 2507 is a rebuilt GP40 leased from Helm Leasing. It was originally Louisville & Nashvil... (more)
A Santa Fe freight heads east behind a C30-7, F45, C30-7, SD40-2, SD40-2 consist … so typical of the railway’s power consists in the late 80s. (Corona, California – January 1988)
UP SD70Ms 4526 and 4527 lead an Officer Special, and the train is seen at the west end of UP’s East Yard (this end often referred to as "Spence Street"). Union Pacific can still assem... (more)
Now that summer has arrived, the green hills have turned into fuel for the wildfires that plague the west each year, but fortunately on this day there were no fires in Santa Ana Canyon (as there w... (more)