Catching the late evening light at Redondo Junction, Amtrak's west coast painted Veteran's units AMTK 42 and AMTK 90208 look sharp as they're readied to participate in the upcoming California Pass... (more)

The Talgo Series 6 funeral train, bound for SA Recylcling in Anaheim, California, pauses for a crew change at the 1924-built, ex-Southern Pacific Glendale depot.

Stars Under The Stars. Posed together at the Southern California Railway Museum beneath the night sky are SP 3100 (U25B), ATSF 108 (FP45) and the ATSF 999076. While COVID-19 might have put ... (more)

AMTK 510 leads Amtrak 782 south as it skirts the Pacific Ocean one final time before beginning to bank inland for Los Angeles. Once there, the 510 and two additional coaches will be cut off having... (more)

An original, Santa Fe Railway bell bottom lantern burns brightly on one of the few remaining sections of rail in the Raton yard that has held out from the days of being laid by the Santa Fe. Altho... (more)

The DPU's on Union Pacific's daily, northbound ZLCLT (Los Angeles, Calif. - Lathrop, Calif.) hotshot train twists and turns between Russ and Ravenna as today's heavy train climbs the grade through... (more)

With the temperature hovering just above 40 degrees this morning, a dramatic display of steam power unfolds as SP 4449 departs the Oregon Rail Heritage Center for a run south down the Oregon Pacif... (more)

"Number 14, can we take them ahead a car length?" In a stroke of luck, with the conductor having requested to have the train pull forward to get off the circuit for the Central Avenue grade... (more)

Working hard to get its train up Santa Susana Pass, UP 4853 and three sister SD70M's slug the LOF67-23 upgrade and out of Tunnel 27 toward the eastern portal of the 7,369-foot long Tunnel 27 that ... (more)

Spanning the 1,050-foot long Willow Creek Bridge, the 2017 Cascades Daylight hustles north toward the Deschutes River Canyon.

Welcome Back, SMV 205. With storm clouds looming in the distance, Santa Maria Valley Railroad No. 205 makes as run for it as it breaks into the sunlight on its southbound journey out of Leb... (more)

It's hard to beleive a scene like this can still be captured in 2017, but in a small section of Glendora, the Santa Fe Railway appears to almost still be thriving. Swaying from side to side do... (more)

Sears & Steam. Santa Fe 3751 gently eases through the sharp curve that makes up the coupling track on its return to Redondo Junction. Home to the famous 4-8-4 during its active service care... (more)

The sun sets on another day in Los Angeles as AMTK 591 and a flurry of other locomotives and private cars bask in the afternoon light on the whisker tracks of the Redondo turntable.

Southern Pacific 99...no, not the Daylight...but still really cool. Southern Pacific business car No. 99, the Houston, sits front and center across from the ex-SP Oxnard depot (now U... (more)