BNSF Officer Special train O-THDTHD2-01A, which originated in Thenard (near the Port of Los Angeles) and is returning after turning at Barstow is heading back to Thenard. The train is about to cr... (more)

Yesterday, the Beach ... Today, the Desert!

Rounding the iconic curve leading to Cajon Pass' Summit is BNSF Officer Special train O-THDTHD2-01A, which originated in Thenar... (more)

Today, the Beach ... Tomorrow, the Desert!

Making the 129 mile (207.6 km) trip from Los Angeles to San Diego is BNSF Officer Special O-LACSDG2-30. Running over 15 hours... (more)

A quartet of Union Pacific Railroad AC4400CWs sit on the Dolores Industrial Lead after cutting off the westbound train they brought to the Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF), in nearby ... (more)

Running over 15 hours behind schdule, BNSF Officer Train O-TOPLAC8-26A is now within 40 miles of its destination, Los Angeles. This train, consisting of ES44C4 8173 and 10 business cars, originat... (more)

Just released from the San Bernardino Shops are two locomotives wearing fresh paint: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway SD45 5307 (ex-ATSF 5508, originally ATSF 1808) and SD40 5005 (ex-ATSF 1705)... (more)

Having departed Los Angeles 30 minutes earlier, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 564 arrives in Fullerton. California Department of Transportation (CDTX) SC-44 "Charger" 2118 leads this ... (more)

Approaching East Pisgah is BNSF train Z-WSPLAC9-24A (Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Willow Springs IL to Los Angeles CA) behind a colorful consist of BNSF ES44C4 8320, CREX ES44AC 1309, CREX ES44AC ... (more)

Crossing Santiago Creek just seconds away from crossing into the city of Orange from Santa Ana (I'm in Orange and the train is not ... yet), Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 777 is heading north (r... (more)

Amboy, in California's Mojave Desert, was established in the late 1883, and is three-miles northeast of the Amboy Volcanic Crater, a well-known landmark. The town is also home to the popular Roy'... (more)

On Union Pacific westbound intermodal train ILTLB-16 were a high number of containers with their doors open (I photographed 5, but there were at least 12), and many looked as if some of their cont... (more)

Winding uphill and threading its way through hundreds of wind turbines along this section of Union Pacific's Yuam Sub, UP AC4400CWM 6958 (ex-UP AC6044CW 7569, originally UP AC6000CW 7569) is teame... (more)

In 50+ years of railfanning, I'd never seen this before!

As Union Pacific intermodal train ILBG4-17 (Long Beach CA to Chicago IL) rolls through Beaumont, just about... (more)

All six of Union Pacific's Heritage units were on display at the railroad's Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on September 16th, 2012. It was quite a gathering, as besides the six Heritage u... (more)

As an Atlanta-bound BNSF intermodal train (Q-LACATG2-26); with BNSF 8002 leading, was passing, along comes a freight pulled by CSX Transportation AC6000AC 638 and CSXT ES44AC 798. (Birmingham, Al... (more)