Brand new UP 6888 leads a westbound I train down San Timoteo Canyon in the late afternon.

The DPUs of a long north bound BNSF manifest are seen winding their way down the Tehachapi grade and in to the horseshoe curve in Keene, CA on a warm, late summer morning. The orange of the lead u... (more)

A BNSF intermodal glides down the Tehachapi grade between tunnels 1 and 2 on a warm summer morning.

Just as the sun sets, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Limited, is about to depart Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal behind a trio of SDP40Fs – 524, 519 and 512 – as soon as t... (more)

Having just crossed into California from Arizona, an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight awaits a fresh crew to continue its journey westward on the railway's Needles Sub. ATSF SD40-2s 517... (more)

The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board is the governing body for the Caltrain Peninsula commuter rail transit service between San Francisco, San Jose and Gilroy. Among the railroad equipment t... (more)

South of Mojave finds UP 7143 set out at Fleta.

Some of the forlorn equipment left on the Northwestern Pacific.

Rolling into the Santa Ana Transportation Center is Metrolink train 686, with F125 932 on the head-end. This Orange County Line train originated in Los Angeles and will terminate in Irvine … an... (more)

649 is on the point of a local freight waiting for a crew. The unit has been in service nearly 30 years plus milage.

San Joaquin 710 is running early as the train rounds a curve at Riverbank on the way to Modesto Ca.

Sitting at the south end of Mojave, UP 6677 is on the point of a local.

UP 6649 brings up the back of a southbound manifest as it climbs out of Caliente.

Five-car Amtrak San Joaquin 714, led by CDTX F59PHI 2009, passes through a number of refineries as it skirts the Suisun Bay upon departing Martinez as it heads to Bakersfield. This is Unio... (more)

The hills are blooming from the rainfall of 2019, as the Gaud Local and it's string of Tanks pass the hillsides of Emma Wood State Park. It wasn't until the winter of 2022, 2023 that we had tha... (more)