California Northern 502 picks up a grain car at the Harrington Loading Facility. This car will be taken south to Davis where it will be transferred to Union Pacific Lines.

Since I moved to Connecticut in 1995, there have only been two types of Conrail/CSX power regularly assigned to Cedar Hill Yard. Conrail used B23-7s almost exclusively, then when CSX succeeded th... (more)

California Northern 502 pulls a small cut of only 14 cars up to the Harrington switch where they will son begin to do some work.

Waiting for the northbound...

The "711" or "First Trick Job" heads south, climbing Monaco Hill behind a pair of brand spanking new Gensets. In the last few years this run has switched from Topeka cabbed GP7us to a mix of GP30u... (more)

BNSF Railway's new (built in June 2010) NRE-built 3GS21B-DE switchers, 1294 and 1293, prepare for the day's work switching the Watson Yard in Carson, California, on July 24, 2010. At this date, t... (more)

BNSF Railway's new (built in June 2010) NRE-built 3GS21B-DE switchers, 1293 and 1294, prepare for the day's work switching the Watson Yard in Carson, California, on July 24, 2010. At this date, t... (more)

California Northern 504 waits with 2 other units during the sunset. The next day will bring a checkup by the mechanics.

First of a new model on the BNSF, the dynamic-brake equipped 3GS21B-DE, brand new 1294 is shown awaiting the BNSF local in Paducah and Louisville's North Yard. These units are waybilled to Los A... (more)

The California Northern 504 sits with a long cut of cars in the evening light. This train has been tied down for a few hours and will resume work in the morning.

At Tracy yard some locomotives slumber the weekend away.

When the engineer saw to red cars stopped on the tracks just in front of him he laid on the horn. Luckily the cars were able to get off the tracks before we went through the crossing 10 seconds la... (more)

California Northern 504 heads west through Davis, CA.