The sun has yet to rise high enough to clear the San Gorgonio Mountains to the east as a Southern Pacific "Hauler" departs the railroad’s West Colton Yard. This train has the usual SP &... (more)

Fourteen miles north of Bakersfield the BNSF Railway's Lone Star Branch splits off the Bakersfield Sub's mainline and heads west through almond groves. On March 11, 2011, train Y-BAK3071-10I wait... (more)

Not a Safety Cab in Sight! A ballast train passes through Victorville, on BNSF Railway’s Cajon Sub, with a colorful consist. BNSF SD40-2 6933 (ex-ATSF 5181) is teamed with CEFX SD60 6... (more)

BNSF Railway train Q-CHISBD6-30A has nearly completed its trip from Chicago, as its destination of San Bernardino is but ten miles ahead. A trio of GE Dash 9-44CWs is providing the power – not un... (more)

BNSF Guaranteed Intermodal Service train Q-CLORIC1-07, making its way from Clovis NM to Richmond CA, sits in the siding at Angiola, at milepost 942 of the Bakersfield Sub, ss it awaits a late afte... (more)

BNSF Railway SD70MACs 8896 and 9592 haul coal train C-SBMSLW0-51A (South Black Thunder Mine WY to Wood River IL) through Nebraska’s Sand Hills and toward Anselmo on May 12, 2008. BNSF SD70MAC 970... (more)

BNSF Railway train C-NAMMHD0-29A, carrying a load of coal from Wyoming's North Antelope Mine to Escatawpa, Mississippi, holds the main in Halsey, Nebraska, on May 12, 2008. Halsey, in Nebraska's ... (more)

The "Ranch 2" fire was burning in the Angeles National Forest above Azusa, with the fire destroying 2,500 acres with just 3% containment as of Saturday morning. By afternoon, the fire had created... (more)

A Santa Fe local (just a caboose hop at this point) arrives at the railway’s Kaiser Yard to pick up its cars and haul them along the Second District to various industries. Idling on an adjacent t... (more)

In a haze of blue exhaust, an eastbound Union Pacific freight departs North Platte and begins to accelerate as it clears the big yard’s Yard Limit. UP U30C 2923 is teamed with a GP30, and the tra... (more)

The early morning overcast is beginning to break up as an eastbound Santa Fe freight splits from the original 1883 mainline, with a 3% grade, to head up the 1913-built mainline – with a gentler 2.... (more)

Receiving some basic servicing at Union Pacific’s East Yard is U30C 2914. Built by General Electric in April 1972, this engine would soldier on in the UP’s diesel fleet until June 1984, just ove... (more)

A Santa Fe freight heads west through Fullerton behind a quartet of EMD GPs: GP30 – GP35 – GP30 – GP35. All four are still in the original blue and yellow paint scheme, although they all carry d... (more)

San Diego does not see many sleepers in revenue service, but Superliner Sleeping Car 32017 was in town in May 1988 for the San Diego Railfair, most likely to entice some San Diegans to head north ... (more)

A Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority L Line train departs the downtown Azusa station as it makes it way to East Los Angeles. This train, led by MTA 722; is comprised of AnsaldoBreda P2550... (more)