SCAX 890 sends a light haze of smoke skyward as it shoves hard on the rear of Metrolink 116. The southbound commuter train is bound for Los Angeles before it will take on another leg of work durin... (more)

Santa Fe Dash 8-40CW 902, F45s 5953 & 5989, SD40-2 5067 and GP60 4014 thread through the curves of Bealville Siding for a meet with a westbound.

Surfers appear unbothered as a southbound Surfliner service races through San Clemente with a GE P42 providing the horses.

Amtrak 451 would become the last F59PHI in Pacific Surfliner service. Seen here shoving a LAUPT train through the stunning location of San Clemente.

A Coaster F59PHI shoves a mid-morning service along the cliffs at Del Mar back towards San Diego.

A UP SD70M leads an interesting group of foreign road units on an eastbound stacker through Palm Springs, CA. Trailing the 70M is a pair of CSX Gevo's sandwiching a Ferromex SD70ACE

UP 6605 shoves on the rear of this southbound mixed goods train passing the Lehigh Cement plant on Tehachapi Pass

At sunrise on a Saturday in June 1992, a hot 991 train hustles past the west switch at Orwood, CA, with the Coast Range visible far in the distance. This the heart of the San Joaquin Delta.

SP 9025 East passes under the big signal bridge north of its yard in Stockton, CA. On the other side of the train is WP's mainline and its big yard. From this point northward through downtown Stoc... (more)

Late in the afternoon, Santa Fe 547 East passes the big, new house at Knightsen, CA. Knightsen has grown considerably since this photo was taken, which is true of most places within striking dista... (more)

A pair of ex-WP GP40s heads north out of the siding at Charter Way with a cut of cars. The lead unit is ex-WP 3516. As part of the agreement by which P took over WP in 1983, these air-conditioned ... (more)

Route 66 may be closed, but it's business as usual for BNSF!

A lone orange GEVO pulls the notorious steel coil train across the Mojave Desert as it rounds the curve of Ludlow as it prepares to climb the grade towards Pisgah; and on into Barstow.

The year is 1984 and the Western Pacific disappeared into the Union Pacific a year ago. WP Geeps began showing up on locals around the Los Angeles area where I was on a short term assignment in Lo... (more)