The San Bernardino Mountains are shrouded in clouds, creating a chilly backdrop as Union Pacific expedited intermodal train ZLADV01 21 heads east, bound for Denver from Los Angeles. This train ha... (more)

All trains originating at Southern Pacific’s West Colton Yard depart eastbound, and westbound trains, such as this LA Basin “Hauler,” depart eastbound and use the balloon track to make a 360º turn... (more)

Union Pacific’s Alhambra Sub makes a pair of S-curves – think of a graphed bell curve – to get to West Colton Yard as they pass under the UP’s Mojave Sub just east of the yard. Getting back on (g... (more)

Four-year-old Union Pacific SD70ACe 8449, combined with SD70M 3980 (the former Southern Pacific 9806) and SD70ACe 8505, bring a manifest across 16th Avenue to the railroad’s Council Bluffs Yard. ... (more)

Union Pacific train SYUWC 17 (Special, Yuma AZ to West Colton Yard CA) exists the UP’s Alhambra Sub and enters West Colton Yard to spend the night and perform some maintenance. UP FEF-3 class 4-8... (more)

California Department of Transportation SC-44 2116, in service on Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliners, is stationed at the passenger station in San Diego, California, as a protection unit. This lo... (more)

To get to Union Pacific’s West Colton Yard, westbound trains coming off the railroad’s Yuma Sub pass under the Mojave Sub on a big curve and then swing back to pass the yard on the Alhambra Sub. ... (more)

All trains originating at Union Pacific’s West Colton Yard depart eastbound, and westbound trains, such as MWCLB-09, a manifest heading from West Colton Yard to Long Beach, use the balloon track t... (more)

A loaded BNSF grain train, G-BARVEC1-07, sits in the small yard in Victorville just 37 miles from its origination point of Barstow. BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4036, SD70ACe 8520 and ES44DC 7568 (with ET44C... (more)

Rolling westbound past the Cemex cement plant in Victorville is BNSF intermodal train S-LPCLBE1-05 (Logistics Park Chicago IL to Long Beach CA). This train is a long one at 170 cars, and the way ... (more)

Bringing up the markers … er … End of Train Device on a Metrolink train carrying new rails to Ventura County is SCAX caboose MW01. This car, Metrolink’s only caboose, was built by Illinois Centra... (more)

Metrolink Ventura County Line train 115, heading from Los Angeles to Moorpark, passes by a work train carrying long sections of rail due to be off-loaded in Ventura. The work train, sitting in th... (more)

Rolling south through the Orange Metrolink station, Union Pacific train LOA32 hauls three cars to Santa Ana. Power for this train are UP GP60s 1105 (ex-UP 1950; née-SSW 9648) and 1083 (the former... (more)

Following a fairly minor derailment on the morning of March 17 the BNSF Railway contracted with Hulcher Services to rerail three diesels that hit the ties in Fullerton. The trailing engine, BNSF ... (more)

Spending the night at the Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard is UP SD70ACe-T4 3032, paired with Kansas City de México ES44AC 4745. (Anaheim, California - March 28, 2021)