Climbing the Tehachapi mountains, a pair of clean "ES44AH" motors have a southbound UP business special well in hand as the train approaches Tunnel 2.

Nearing Bakersfield under cloudy skies, a southbound Union Pacific business special approaches Saco on the ex-SP Fresno Subdivision with California Highway "99" off to the right.

A winter morning in southern California's Inland Empire at Highgrove finds brand new UP 8245 leading a westbound auto train on the BNSF's San Bernardino Sub destined for Mira Loma.

Just east of Plaster City in southern California's Imperial county, a trio of ex-Idaho, Northern and Pacific GP40's, with STBX reporting marks, are tied down with a small cut of cars on the former... (more)

Early morning in southern California's Imperial Valley finds a UP stack train heading east on the Yuma Subdivision near Bertram located along the Salton Sea.

After a crew change at Yuma and waiting on westbound traffic to clear outside of town, a UP auto train with KCS and Ferromex pool power heads west on the Yuma Subdivision passing through Araz.

An early winter evening in Arizona's Dome Valley finds a westbound UP stack train approaching Yuma as it passes through Kinter on the Gila Subdivision.

On a clear morning in southern California's San Fernando valley, UP's Vulcan rock train takes the siding for a meet at Roxford located in Sylmar. This train usually doesn't rate new power, but on ... (more)

Union Pacific's Vulcan rock train is seen heading south (formerly railroad east) on the ex-SP Saugus Line as it passes through the route's namesake town. Recently delivered UP 8207 is on the point... (more)

Near Hodge on the Cajon Subdivision, congestion ahead has a westbound UP intermodal led by ex-CNW Dash 9 #8646 rolling along at reduced speed as it approaches Hinkley Road.

Leaving the San Luis Obispo area behind it, southbound Amtrak train #11 heads toward Santa Barbara and Los Angeles on the ex-SP Coast Line on a warm July afternoon.

Early on a beautiful Easter Sunday morning in San Timoteo Canyon, an eastbound UP container train with a pair of new GE deliveries on the head end wind through the curves near El Casco located alo... (more)

Nearing the top of the Box Springs grade, one of BNSF's rare Progress Rail PR30C's and a Genset power a string of well cars out of San Bernardino to be stored near March Field along the ex-ATSF Sa... (more)

With one of BNSF's rare Progress Rail PR30C's on the point, a baretable movement out of San Bernardino heads for storage near March Field along the ex-ATSF San Jacinto Branch.

Making a rare Sunday morning appearance to switch one of the last customers on the ex-ATSF Redlands Branch, the namesake BNSF local crosses a wash on a warm summer morning in the eastern San Berna... (more)