A BNSF local job heads past a puddle from the heavy rains on its run from El Segundo to Wilmington. The lead unit is an ultra-rare GP40X (now with its turbo pinned, it's classed a GP25).

Here's a roster view of one of Union Pacific's freshly rebuilt DC to AC locomotives.

A PHL Dock Job has just pulled a cut of cars from Berth 200 Yard and begins to shove them back towards Badger Bridge with the experimental Joule doing all the work.

The Watson to El Segundo local returns towards Watson, passing over Artesia Blvd in Lawndale. I removed a wire that made this shot impossible in film days. While I was at it, I removed some taggin... (more)

With a freshly rebuilt DC to AC GE leader, the Fort Worth Manifest pulls hard (but slow) through Cabazon as it fights the grade.

The BNSF YWAT2041 is seen from the Redondo Beach Metro station. The insane amount of wires are contributions of both Metro catenary and a number of high-tension power lines.

Technically there is probably one wheel of one car actually in Manhattan Beach, while the rest of the train is in Hawthorne, but Manhattan Beach is cooler. This is the weekend Relief Job that runs... (more)

On April 17 of 1977, I was at Princeton Junction, NJ when this coal train (I presume empty, and I presume a coal train) came by making quite a racket. The second unit was an ex Jersey Central SD35... (more)

Conrail's First Rock BM1 has an ex Penn Central RS11 this morning (in Jersey Central territory). It is being passed by Conrail passenger 5407 to Raritan, which is behind a renumbered GP40P.

Progress Rail EMDX 50, working Pacific Harbor Line is an SD40JR, battery powered locomotive.

Trailing, dead in transit on the rear, Central Railroad of Indiana RP20BD 2002 heads up the Harbor Line on its way to the Chevron Refinery in El Segundo where it will become one of two new B&W pla... (more)

Trailing, dead in transit on the rear, Central Railroad of Indiana RP20BD 2002 heads up the Harbor Line on its way to the Chevron Refinery in El Segundo where it will become one of two new B&W pla... (more)

Inboound stack train from Logistics Park reaches the end of its run as it slows through Commerce to wait for clearance into Hobart Yard.

BNSF hostlers ride point as the Santa Fe Bicentennial SD45-2 that will eventually go to the Southern California Railway Musuem, heads to Hobart Yard, where it will ride along on a baretable train ... (more)

The BNSF YWAT2041 Relief Job subs for the First Watson job on weekends and is seen here on Saturday, December 2, 2023, climbing Monoco Hill in Lawndale, returning from Chevron in El Segundo, passi... (more)