Passengers in BNSF Railway Dome-Parlor-Observation 35 Canyon View are enjoying a beautiful California sunset as train O-LACSDG1-20A, comprised of nine business cars pulled by ES44C4 6571, t... (more)

BNSF Railway officer special O-SDGLAC1-20A travels along the California coast at dusk as it heads from San Diego to Fullerton, where it will unload passengers, and then moves on to Commerce, near ... (more)

BNSF Railway officer special O-LACSDG1-20A departed Commerce, near downtown Los Angeles, before sunup, and then backed onto Metrolink's Track 4 in Fullerton … possibly the first train to use tha... (more)

Union Pacific local LRS99 at Turlock Ca.

UP GP40-2 1347 pulls a string of hoppers along the Union Pacific branch line at Ceres Ca.

The day's first northbound (westbound?) Amtrak San Diegan, train 771, makes its stop in Fullerton, the last stop before Los Angeles, at 9:00, two hours after departing San Diego. This trai... (more)

Santa Fe train number 71 is departing San Diego California with four cars at 20 MPH in 1933. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe train number 73 is departing San Diego California with six cars in 1933. Otto's speed estimate was 30 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A lone Union Pacific DPU pushes on the rear of a south bound auto rack train up through the cut below Bealville, CA, as the gnarl trees scattered throughout the Tehachapi foothills make for intere... (more)

ES44C4 8094 leads a Burlington Northern Santa Fe priority intermodal east of Denair Ca.

Lost among the ridiculous number of SD40-2s were a group of much more likable units.

Union Pacific's Torrance Local heads south on the railroad's Torrance Industrial Lead behind UP SW1500 1006 (ex-Norfolk Southern 2322; née-Southern Railway 2322) and Cotton Belt 7282 (ex-Missouri... (more)

The glinting mid train helpers of a Union Pacific QRVWC manifest have switched from helping push to dynamic braking to help keep their train from running out of control as the south bound crested ... (more)

BNSF Railway train M-BARLAC1-05A heads west into the setting sun on its way from Barstow CA to Hobart Yard in Los Angeles. BNSF ES44DCs 7718, 7705 and 7738 are up front, with two more ES44DCs, 77... (more)

As the equipment for Metrolink Orange County Line train 660 backs into Los Angeles Union Station to load passengers before its run to Oceanside, on an adjacent – and elevated – track a Los Ang... (more)