Now Under New Ownership. The Santa Maria Valley Railroad's newest locomotive acquisition, No. 3501 (ex-Fillmore & Western), dries off in Fillmore this morning after the most recent round of... (more)

Following a full afternoon's worth of photography on the point of the wrecking train, Nevada Northern No. 93 catches the last light of the day as it unloads a happy group of photographers at the E... (more)

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)

Riding Off Into The Sunset. One of my last quality shots of an F59PHI on the Pacific Surfliners comes in the form of AMTK 458 leading Amtrak 777 north out of Simi Valley with some dramatic ... (more)

Turning its nose into the final glimpse of the late evening light, UP 7078 slows the southbound, loaded oil cans as they prepare to stop on the main to add the San Luis Obispo based helpers for th... (more)

Generations Collide. On a warm morning in Los Angeles, a pair of newly delivered SC-44 "Charger" locomotives sit on the turntable's whisker tracks as they wait for their chance t... (more)

Working downgrade from Kingman, BNSF 7749 west meets theBNSF 7502 east as the westbound train closes in on its next crew change point of Needles - ultimately bound for the Port of Los Angeles.

Entering the depths of Soledad Canyon, Metrolink 209 exists Tunnel 19 as it heads for its final destination of Lancaster.

Pausing for a stop at Bennett's Honey Farm in Buckhorn, FWRY 100 waits patiently on the point of this afternoon's "Murder Mystery" lunch train during the return trip to Fillmore. For thi... (more)

Rolling to a stop at Caliente, BNSF 8114's assault on the northern slope of Tehachapi Pass has briefly been halted as it will pause to wait for heavy, northbound BNSF grain train to drop down. In ... (more)

The Battle Rages On - Thomas Fire, Day 6. As the Fillmore & Western Railway's first westbound train since the start of the now 155,000-acre Thomas Fire trundles along as part of the 10AM C... (more)

As the afternoon sun closes in on the mountain tops to the west, Nevada Northern No. 93 puts on a show in the great afternoon light as it storms out of town up the Keystone Branch.

Easing out of Price Canyon on a beautiful afternoon on California's central coast, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight slows as it approaches Grover Beach to meet its northbound counterpart as it ... (more)

Having just come to a hook with its train made up of an original SP boxcar and combine, SP No. 18 simmers at the Laws depot in the morning light - ready for another exciting day of trips through t... (more)

It's a beautiful day on the Southern California coast line as Amtrak 765, sporting two SC-44 Chargers today, slows on its approach to its next station stop of Carpinteria, Calif.