A BNSF mixed freight works its way upgrade through Cameron Canyon on its trip north over Tehachapi Pass. Highway 58 to the left will parallel the tracks for a while longer before they split off o... (more)

An empty UP coal train from the Port of Long Beach on its way back to eastern Utah for another load passes by an abandon house in the Mojave Desert as the days first rays of sunlight filter though... (more)

The crew of the Coast Oil Cans slowly eases their train under the North Broadway St Bridge and along the Los Angeles River towards for the last hundred or so yards of their run. At Main St. crossi... (more)

One of Union Pacific's recently delivered heavy SD70ACes, called SD70AHs by the UP, leads an eastbound manifest through Afton Canyon on the old LA&SL. The sun has only recently made its way into ... (more)

The Roseville to San Jose Manifest passes over Altamont Pass road and the former SP right of way as it crosses the Greenville Trestle on its decent of the west slope of Altamont Pass.

The morning Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train from San Luis Obispo makes its way south along the cliffs of the Gaviota Coastline. Amtrak 464 is leading the train this morning as there were issues th... (more)

The Santa Barbara station agent checks that all bags for Santa Barbara are off of train 11 before it heads south. He will soon be reuniting riders with their checked bags in front of the former S... (more)

As the day gets late, BNSF 6542 leads the M-STOBAR south past the M-MODBAR in the siding at Rowen. The M-MODBAR has been stuck in the siding for several hours due to the second unit having died s... (more)

Union Pacific SD70ACe 8612 leads a westbound stack train off of the LA&SL through Summit as it starts it decent of Cajon Pass. From here its practically all down hill to San Bernardino, but the c... (more)

A westbound BNSF stack train makes its way slowly down Main Track number 3 on Cajon Pass between the old sidings of Gish and Dell. This train is not moving much faster than 10 mph as they decent ... (more)

BNSF 4880 and two other Dash-9's lead a northbound trackage rights manifest across the Sprague River and past the site of the former Chioquin Lumber Company Mill as they prepare to take the siding... (more)

A trio of BNSF Dash-9s holds back a long northbound manifest train as it slowly winds its way down grade between Bealville and Caliente on Tehachapi Pass.

The San Luis Obispo base helpers wait in the siding at Santa Margarita while the southbound loaded Coast Oil Cans, OWPDO, pull onto the main. Once the Cans have cleared the north switch of the si... (more)

With the wail of the dynamic break fans echoing off the hills a Union Pacific West Colton to Roseville manifest slowly makes its decent of Tehachapi Pass between Rowen and Cliff.

Late in the day, a westbound stack trains works its way along a wash and through several cuts between Java and Klinefelter as it climbs the 1.4% grade up Goffs Hill. The sun will soon set leaving... (more)