The LACNYC rolls around the curve east of Esperanza with a quartet of GEs.

A 10 unit lite power move heads out of Santa Ana Canyon bound for the Harbor.

Passing through Santa Ana Canyon is Metrolink train 817, recently placed back into service from downtown Riverside to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. This was a train taken out of service when the C... (more)

BNSF train S-LPKLHG1-11L heads for Los Angeles Harbor’s Global Gateway South with an interesting locomotive on the head-end: Canadian Pacific AC4400CWM 8072 (the former CP AC4400CW 9536). This ... (more)

BNSF train S-LPCLHG1-08 arrived at Esperanza (milepost 35.6 on the San Bernardino Sub) at 5:56 pm (17:56) the previous evening, having originated in Chicago’s Logistics Park. And it was still t... (more)

One of the mainlines on BNSF's triple-tracked line through Santa Ana Canyon is used to park empty Intermodal trains that are awaiting space in either Los Angeles' Hobart Yard or in the ports of Lo... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is running 6 hours 15 minutes late as it passes through Esperanza, in the western end of Santa Ana Canyon. This train experienced a 4-hour... (more)

Parked on one of the three mainlines at Esperanza, BNSF train S-LPCLHG2-03 (Intermodal Stacks; Logistics Park Chicago IL to Los Angeles Harbor CA-GGS) may be awaiting a new crew as there appears t... (more)

On Memorial Day 2020, the holiday lull in rail traffic was taken advantage of when a special high/wide load was hauled from San Onofre, in northern San Diego County to Apex, Nevada. Morning passe... (more)

A trio of factory new C40-8Ws keads a westbound freight towards Esperanza through box canyon.

Metrolink train 802 passes through Santa Ana Canyon as it heads from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to San Bernardino (Downtown) on May 20, 2019. Metrolink is the only owner (so far) of EMD's latest... (more)

Metrolink train 800 winds through Santa Ana Canyon as it heads from Oceanside to Riverside (Downtown) on a bright Spring morning. Metrolink is the only owner (so far) of EMD's latest F-unit, the ... (more)

Westbound BNSF Railway train S-ALTSCO1-14 (Intermodal Stacks; Alliance TX to Thenard CA) is met by eastbound BNSF train Q-LACNSA6-17 (Guaranteed Service Intermodal; Los Angeles CA to NS-Ashland Av... (more)

BNSF Railway's Transcon is a busy stretch of railroading - and a long stretch, as it connects the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California to Chicago, Illinois, a distance of over 2000 mile... (more)