ATSF GP60M 146, painted for Maersk for use in a publicity film, passes under the natural overpass at Frost, CA, on August 13, 1990.

American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 on display at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, CA. The line to enter the train wound all the way around the stadium - which was repeated in 2002 when the Angels final... (more)

Metrolink F59PH 851 and its train arrives for the formal dedication ceremony at Los Angeles Union Station. After years of planning, commuter trains would be operating in southern California withi... (more)

There is not much time left for 1974 as a westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight heads west through Basta, two miles west of the train station in Fullerton. ATSF F45 5907 (the forme... (more)

Amtrak has applied wraps to a pair of their Pacific Surfliner cars, coach 6402 (on the left), and coach/café car 6306 (on the right), to promote the upcoming X Games in Ventura in late Jul... (more)

When I was first in New York City; the one time I was in the subway without my camera was the time a diesel powered work train passed by. Of all the luck! (Although it was on the wrong trac... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-4 844 and 4-6-6-4 3985 are lined up for watering during Railfair '91 in Sacramento.

Union Pacific SD70ACe 8824 was built in January 2014, and on February 23rd, 2014, the engine was in the railroad's Dolores Yard in Carson, California. This order of locomotives has extra weight, ... (more)

It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas!

Santa Fe MK1200G 1201 is seen working on the Los Angeles Junction Railway in Commerce, California, on the day after Christmas, 1997. Morrison-Knudson built f... (more)

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 affected most aspects of life, including on America’s railroads. Amtrak is operating shortened trains, cancelling other trains, operating reduced schedules, supply... (more)

Unique to the Santa Fe - in fact, unique in all of railroading - is Santa Fe SWBLW 1460, as seen in the collection of the Western America Railroad Museum in Barstow, California, on December 18, 20... (more)

A Splash of Color in a Drab Yard

On July 24, 1986, the Interstate Commerce Commission would put the kibosh on the proposed Santa Fe-Southern Pacific merger. At Santa Fe's San Bernar... (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)

This'll get a few second looks from drivers on Harbor Boulevard! Disneyland Railroad 2-4-0 #4, the "Ernest S. Marsh," sits on a Dunkel Brothers (equipment movers) trailer in preparation fo... (more)

Southern Pacific's Daylight steam locomotives are arguably the most beautiful steam locomotives in American railroading. So it can be a bit jarring to see the last remaining operable Da... (more)