The big 20 cylinder units were not that uncommon on the helpers but were a nice change from the ubiquitous GP-35s. These are shoving an eastbound still with that beautiful cabin car.

A southbound UP coal train crosses over Lytle Creek in San Bernardino enroute to West Colton. In the background you can see the DPU's under the bridge.

Santa Fe's least photographed SD40-2! The remains of Santa Fe SD40-2 5037 lie in state at the San Bernardino diesel shop following an accident on nearby Cajon Pass. Delivered in October 1... (more)

Mixed manifest slides past 582 with a couple of LTEX junkers in tow.

Ballast train meets stacks at Hill 582.

The roundhouse and turntable combination was railroading's unique solution to servicing steam locomotives in a relatively small area. Even a large roundhouse, such as this example at Santa Fe Rai... (more)

#3 Finally pushes on to L.A. more than eight hours late with its original locomotive DIC in second position.

Amtrak #3 limps in to San Berdoo eight hours late, after its locomotive went DIC. For part of the trip BNSF hauled the train, but later an Amtrak locomotive was found. The DIC power is second in t... (more)

Attention modelers, colors may vary. Maybe it's fading or maybe somewhere somebody called C&NW and said "Hey, you got any yellow?". In any case this "quasi-Zito" unit is leading an EB freight be... (more)

The BNSF "Christmas Train" heads west by Cargill on a cloudy day on the Cajon Subdivision.

An interior view of the dining room in BNSF Railway dining car #10, the "Lake Superior", which can seat 48. Built in 1958 by Budd for the Northern Pacific (as their number 459). Following the me... (more)

Lunch is just about over, and the second load of children will shortly be loaded on BNSF Railway's annual Southern California Christmas Train - and the sun popped out! So a few of us hopped off a... (more)

As dawn breaks in the east, volunteers are already well underway preparing for a busy day on the road's annual Southern California Christmas Train. Snacks need to be stocked in the three cars tha... (more)