Back When the Mainline was at Grade

On May 19, 1974, Southern Pacific 8922 west bisects downtown Reno, Nevada, skirting along some of the city's famous casinos (such as the Palace Ca... (more)

Dark Territory

A Southern Pacific westbound passes the train order station (the caboose on the right) at Dike, the SP's name for Devore, California. Opened in 1967, this is the SP's... (more)

The New Kid in Town

Two days after the official dedication ceremony, Metrolink Cab Car 602 leads a test train through Anaheim on its way from Oceanside back to Los Angeles. F59PH 85... (more)

Preparing for Metrolink

A special for the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, consisting of Union Pacific Dash 8-40CW 9386 and seven cars, heads west through Walnut, Califo... (more)

Honorary Alco

Southern Pacific SD9E 4435 and GP20E 4102 round the balloon track at the east end of the railroad's West Colton Yard in order to head west with a Hauler. Even though e... (more)

Two in Original Paint, and Two Not

Entering Barstow, California, is a Union Pacific westbound with a varied power consist: UP SD40-2 3788, Chicago & North Western Dash 9-44CW 8681, ... (more)

On the Old WP

A Union Pacific freight is about to hit the diamonds on the UP-ATSF crossing in Stockton, California, on March 7th, 1992. This trackage, the former Western Pacific lin... (more)

Export Coal on the UP

Coming through the Victorville Narrows, a Union Pacific westbound heads toward the "natural crossover" at Frost as it speeds its way to the Port of Lo... (more)

With the sun hanging low in the sky the Mojave Desert is aglow as a pair of westbound BNSF trains climb Ash Hill, both now have the summit of their endeavor within sight.

Four Disparate Locomotives

Following the closing on Sunday, May 1st, 2016, of Fullerton, California's, annual Railroad Days celebration, the four mainline display pieces were coupled... (more)

A hot Santa Fe westbound intermodal train approaches Devore, at the base of southern California's Cajon Pass, on October 27th, 1990. The train is being pulled by three new "elephant-style&qu... (more)

Coal for Kaiser

It takes eight SD40-2s to bring Union Pacific's coal train over Cajon Pass as it heads for the Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana, California. Cresting the Summit in April... (more)

Granger Local

After setting out some empty grain hoppers, Burlington Northern's St. Francis local departs Danbury, Nebraska, late in the afternoon on a September 1991 day. The train... (more)

Rocky Mountain High

The Denver & Rio Grande Western's very first SD40T-2, number 5341, leads a westbound manifest down Tennessee Pass near Leadville, Colorado, on a September 1991 af... (more)

Sunny Snow Day on Cajon...

A Santa Fe westbound rounds the curve into Cajon, in the heart of southern California's Cajon Pass, on a snowy January day in 1988. The train has five aut... (more)