This looks worse than it actually was. BNSF train B-BIRLAC3-12A, a baretable train (empty intermodal cars), heading from Birmingham AL to Los Angeles, was going to set some of these cars out on a... (more)

Metrolink’s Track 1 is being replaced through the station in Tustin, necessitating northbound trains – such as train 802, heading north from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to San Bernardino – to use ... (more)

Having conquered the crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway double-stack train descends into Mojave as it continues its journey south. The power for this trai... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe train M-MODSEL1-09 wraps over itself as it circumnavigates the famed Tehachapi Loop behind a pair of BNSF Dash 9-44CWs – 4153 and 5523 – CSXT Dash 8-40CW 7669 and BNSF... (more)

With just two miles to go to reach the summit, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway double-stack train passes the old passenger station in downtown Tehachapi. BNSF ES44DC 7674, FURX SD40-2 8115... (more)

Climbing up and over the Tehachapi Mountains are a pair of Union Pacific SD70Ms, 4339 and 4623, with a freight that originated in Oregon. The train is rounding the last S-curve before passing thr... (more)

After dropping some cars off at the Seventh Street Coach Yard, Amtrak GP7 761 returns to Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. As it does, it passes the Los Angeles County Men's Central Jail. In... (more)

A Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway intermodal train climbs toward the town of Tehachapi, and the summit of the crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains, on a late winter’s day. BNSF ES44DC 7675, j... (more)

NJ Transit Bombardier-built ALP-45DP 4501 at Hoboken Terminal on the evening of December 29, 2011. The ALP-45DP electro-diesel locomotive is derived from Bombardier's ALP-46 and uprated ALP-46A el... (more)

As the remnants of a cold winter storm cluster around the San Gabriel Mountains in the late afternoon, the 20,000-foot high cumulonimbus clouds at the higher elevations were still bathed in late t... (more)

As the remnants of a cold winter storm cluster around the San Gabriel Mountains in the late afternoon, the 20,000-foot high cumulonimbus clouds at the higher elevations were still bathed in late t... (more)

As southbound Metrolink train 684 (Los Angeles to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo) departs the station, BNSF Railway train Q-LPCLAC3-20 heads west behind ES44C4 3269, ES44DC 7290, Dash 9-44CW 4762 and... (more)

Union Pacific SW9 1848 was built in October 1953. This unassuming switcher would, in 1979, enter the railroad’s shops in Omaha NE to be rebuilt, rolling out as UP SW10 1848 when completed on Augu... (more)

Amtrak Acela 2121 (New York NY to Washington DC, with power car 2026 leading) slows for its stop at the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Station during a heavy snowfall. Meanwhile, northbound... (more)

A set of four Southern Pacific SD39s was sitting in the railroad’s Taylor Yard, consisting of SP 5316, 5322, 5321 and 5301. These engines were built in late 1968. (Los Angeles, California – July... (more)