UP 1943 leads a westbound Tucson to West Colton manifest thru Redlands on a very hot afternoon.

A Cotton Belt GP60 leads three tunnel motors as it heads east up Beaumont Hill.

A very long ILXDIB heads into San Timoteo Canyon at Redlands behind UP 3096 leading.

As the dreaded Y2K approaches, a Union Pacific intermodal train heads east away from civilization, which will collapse into chaos just two days hence! Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8666 leads this tra... (more)

SP's Redlands local on the Redlands branch Redlands.

The engineer on the very dirty SP 9255 enjoys a smoke on his pipe as he and his brakeman wait patiently for helpers to come west from Palm Springs and tie on to the back of their train. After the... (more)

SP 9255 has been stopped on the eastbound main for quite a while waiting for a helper set, so the conductor invited me up into the cab of the SP 9357, which gave me the opportunity to take a photo... (more)

Further up San Timoteo Canyon near El Casco, UP 9084 works it's way up the canyon under snow capped mountains.

A clean SD70ACe leads the eastbound ZCIG4 east of Redlands on the Yuma Sub.

Snow capped mountains provide a dramatic backdrop for the eastbound ZLCAI passing thru Redlands. After nearly 25 years since the UP-SP merger, it's hard to believe this warrior will enter another ... (more)

SP 8732 is in run 8 and producing lots of exhaust as it pulls an eastbound manifest train up Banning Pass. The further the train got in to San Timoteo Canyon, the better the sky became as it got ... (more)

It is another smoggy day in the Los Angeles basin as SP 8732 leads an eastbound manifest train through the many reverse curves located in San Timoteo Canyon on Banning Pass. Note the hobo riding ... (more)

SP 8732 leads an eastbound manifest train out of the smog filled Los Angeles basin and into the mouth of the San Timoteo Canyon.

IG4LB heads downgrade into Redlands with a long train of midwestern container traffic bound for ICTF, and the Ports of LA and Long Beach.

Welcome back to California Big Boy 4014! UP 4014's articulation can be easily seen as she heads around one of the many curves in San Timoteo Canyon. Running under her own power, 4014 takes on this... (more)