The Pacific Railroad Society's "Kelso Flyer" special fan trip excursion departs Barstow for an afternoon out in the desert. Battery problems sidelined the original lead Dash 8 locomotive, leaving ... (more)
Amtrak's Coast Starlight lead by two Dash-8s sandwiching a P42 make their way north out of Bradley on the Union Pacific Coast Line. An extra empty baggage car tags along on the rear on its trip ... (more)
Amtrak's Ann Rutledge races west for Kansas City.
The "De facto" switcher switches the coach yard, partially seen in the distance.
Running on B20 biodiesel from beef byproducts, AMTK 500 is being monitored for performance and wear on mechanical parts by Amtrak during its 12 month test.
Where's the train? A crew member peers back to check track alignement as a PV from Minneapolis is about to get shoved indoors from one of the "new" yard goats. The SCAL is overhead and the... (more)
Running about 15 minutes late, the San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles Pacific Surfliner races through Lake Balboa on the former Southern Pacific Coast Line (today's Metrolink Ventura Sub) and past an ... (more)
The defacto yard switcher moves equipment around as a Michigan service train is about to end it's journey. The pile of ties in the background foretell of some work coming up this summer.
The Desert Wind arriving.
The Desert Wind headed toward LA.
Pepsi Can 517 takes the SB Coast Starlight toward Los Angeles.
Pepsi Cans with the SB Coast Starlight.
The Desert Wind Departing for the Cajon and the Desert during station reconstruction.
Amtrak 14, the Coast Starlight, heads north out of San Luis Obispo, California, on its journey from Los Angeles to Seattle on August 25, 2001. AMTK 505, a Dash 8-32BWH, leads the train thi... (more)