With L.A.'s iconic city hall (or, as Lohman and Barkley's old "Mayor Sam" character used to call it, the "pointy building") rising in the background, a Los Angeles MTA train passes over the 101 (H... (more)
EB crosses a bridge over the Whitewater River. Traffic on the sub had just restarted after a check for earthquake damage.
At dusk, Union Pacific No. 1204 leads the southbound Santa Cruz Local along the central California coast near La Selva Beach (also called Manresa). The March 2005 image was captured just moments b... (more)
Four SD70ACes lead an export unit soda ash train, as it crosses one of the many dry washes on Union Pacific's Lone Pine Branch.
Classic SP and the whole train in the shot. This great assortment of semi-junk is lugging a westbound over the Palmdale Cutoff. No the sun doesn't always shine in California.
The first Surfliner of the morning runs in push mode over the trestle at Arroyo Hondo Creek, rushing for an on-time arrival in Santa Barbara. The bridge in the background is the old Highway 1 brid... (more)
This is a short nose version of the ubiquitous tunnel motor fighting its way up the grade on the Palmdale cutoff.
The “Rose Bowl Special” headed by Santa Fe FP 45 # 101 crosses the Arroyo Seco and the Pasadena Freeway on January 1st, 1990. The single track steel viaduct was originally constructed in 1895 ... (more)
An unpatched SSW engine works the Riverside Lead over the Santa Ana River.
An NWP work train crosses Santa Rosa Creek, on it way south to get more ties for distribution.
A Northbound Limited to the City screams over Quint Street, on a bridge built way back in 1900.
On Sunday, June 14th, California Western operated a photo special from Fort Bragg to Northspur and return. This is the first photo run done at the Eastern end of Tunnel #1 and the first crossing ... (more)
C&LE high speed intherurban 111 travel the former Sacramento Northern main line, now owned by the Bay Area Electric Railroad Assocation
UP 7694 squeezes through the truss bridge over Highway 70 at Tobin, leading a domestic stacktrain.
Maybe it's Mabie? UP 8171 digs into the dynamics as it holds back a Westbound stacktrain crossing the bridge at MP317, known as Mabie on the RR.