Two red & silver warbonnets lead a westbound pigtrain down the middle of the 210 freeway in Pasadena. A typical summer smoggy haze has rendered the background mountains invisible.

A westbound Santa Fe pigtrain exits the tunnel coming from the 210 freeway, into downtown Pasadena. The double-track MTA Gold Line now fills this scene.

It's train time in Pasadena, as one of Santa Fe's twenty SD40's approaches the famed Pasadena depot westbound, having just crossed Colorado Blvd.

The morning sun favors a vertical shot at the tunnel exiting the 210 freeway, as ATSF 7417 leads one of the hottest trains on the railroad towards LA. The 198 ran between Corwith Yard in Chicago ... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe pigtrain invades Pasadena, with SD40 5004 leading 2 SD40-2's, an SD45, and a F45.

Santa Fe 3751 leads the excursion train out of the tunnel from the 210 freeway into downtown Pasadena. Photo taken from the Walnut Street overpass.

Two new Santa Fe Dash 8-40CW's lead a westbound off of the 210 freeway and into downtown Pasadena. The MTA Gold Line Memorial Park station now stands at this exact spot, beneath an apartment buil... (more)

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A Santa Fe piggyback train with 3 SD45's and an F45 heads west down the 210 freeway on a weekday afternoon. The typical eastbound commute traffic jam is apparent to the right of the train.

An eastbound freight meets restored Santa Fe F7A 347C, owned by the California State Railroad Museum. The recently restored F-Unit is on loan for production of a promotional film for the Santa Fe... (more)

Resting between takes, restored Santa Fe F7A 347C, owned by the California State Railroad Museum, is on loan for production of a promotional film for the Santa Fe.

Santa Fe B36-7 7491 leads all three of the road’s B39-8 diesels down the center of the 210 Freeway in Pasadena, CA on March 16, 1987. This is now the light rail “Gold Line” from Pasadena to... (more)

Amtrak F40PH 230 leads the westbound "Desert Wind" through the south end of Pasadena, CA on the way to Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.

The inbound Desert Wind coasts to a stop at Pasadena Station. The number on the right side of the engine adjacent to the headlight looks like a stenciled replacement.

An inbound train - either the Desert Wind or Southwest Chief - snakes through the narrow right of way towards a stop at Pasadena Station.