Amtrak northbound San Joaquin No. 717, running this cloudy afternoon with one of the lower-level, ex-NJT comet car sets, calls on the original 1900-built, Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railwa... (more)

With threatening skies looming in the background, BNSF 6674 eases its northbound Q train downgrade over the 1908-built bridge and into Rowen as the length of its double stack consist can be seen s... (more)

A Golden Morning in Los Angeles. A Metro Gold Line light-rail train, wrapped in none-other than a "gold" wrap to symbolize it's service on the specific line out to Azusa, banks to... (more)

Amtrak California No. 2122 takes a break between trips on Pacific Surfliner as waits for more service at Amtrak's Redondo Junction maintenance facility. Also found on one of the turntable w... (more)

Crossing over the 930-foot-long Stenner Creek trestle, AMTK 505 leads the southbound Coast Starlight off Cuesta Pass and toward its next station stop of San Luis Obispo.

Looking for ways to continue railroad operations despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fillmore & Western Railway has looked to a new source of revenue in 2020 - storing railcars. These movements pro... (more)

UP 1011 awaits its next call to duty at Oxnard as Amtrak 782 highballs past the aging unit and yard office with a sharp looking F59PHI on the rear. With the ever dwindling number of patched UP mot... (more)

UP 8132 and its heavy manifest find the morning light as the train begins its assault on the first of many grades of Tehachapi while climbing into Ilmon.

After patiently waiting to meet the HRICBAR just south of town, BNSF 6344 charges into Shafter with a Q train on the drawbar. In the foreground, the 101-year-old Santa Fe depot still stands wearin... (more)

Sprinkles Off A Cake. It's a hot, humid morning in Chatsworth, California as Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight, Train No. 14, tackles the grades of Santa Susana Pass less than an hour int... (more)

ATSF 5704 has returned to home rails, painted in a spectacular rendition of the bicentennial colors it once wore for the 1976 anniversary, as it rolls west on a Z train ultimately bound for the So... (more)

SP 4449 has another run of the Holiday Express well in hand as engineer Pat Tracy slowly brings the six-car train to a stop before changing directions. In the foreground, a pile of leafs has begun... (more)

Amtrak 14 drops drown grade through Bealville and meets a waiting BNSF Z train. The Starlights, trains No. 11 and 14, were both forced to detour for three straight days (Sept. 14-16) following Met... (more)

Banking to the east, Metrolink 754 crests the top of the Redondo Flyover as it leaves Los Angeles in the "golden hour" evening light.

On the 12th day of April, AMTK 12 leads Amtrak's Coast Starlight north over the famed Gaviota trestle and closer to its next station stop of San Luis Obispo.