Sandwiching a mock high-speed locomotive acting as a display for the future of California's high-speed rail, SP 2467, a 4-6-2 built for the Southern Pacific in 1921, and SPMW 205, a 1920-built rot... (more)

Still Not As Busy As The WP. The yard at Oroville is bustling with activity this afternoon as two...count um...TWO trains are in the yard at the same time! A far cry from the days of the We... (more)

The Coast Starlight Battles "The Loop." Amtrak 11, the Coast Starlight, makes a rare appearance on the Tehachapi Loop as it works upgrade on its southbound journey to Los Angeles ... (more)

Following a 'mainline-plug,' which I quickly learned meant the honey bucket truck pulled alongside the train, Amtrak 11 finds itself parked in the Oakland yard to have the issue addressed. Meanwhi... (more)

With its job shoving a string of 10 tank cars into storage complete, Fillmore & Western 1059 leads a sole caboose, which served as a buffer car for the move, out of the railway's only tunnel back ... (more)

It's a quiet evening at Amtrak's Beech Grove Maintenance Facility as AMTK 42 works to pump air into a long string of dead P40's that are being prepared for their last departure. Sold to Larry's Tr... (more)

Once a rare sight to see on the point of any type of train in California, a BNSF SD70ACe has become yet another common sight like this evening's passage of the BNSF 9317. After patiently waiting f... (more)

Sitting on the north leg Metrolink's Montalvo Wye, Fillmore & Western No. 14 pauses in the rain prior to beginning its eastbound journey home for Fillmore.

With the conductor on the ground flagging the crossing, BUGX 1322 leads its nine car train toward the Black Road grade crossing and past an aging barn as it heads for Osborn Yard. Once there, the ... (more)

Slowly pulling out of the McKay siding, BNSF 681 becomes the first warbonnet to lead a train on the coast line in years as it spots the first section of its train for the conductor who is preparin... (more)

UP 4014 prepares to leave home rails once again and enter BNSF's Transcon route as it leans into the curve at Daggett.

No Rain in California? Fine, We'll Make Our Own. Reenactor San Calderwood, of both Rail Giants and Santa Fe 3751 steam crew fame, gives photographers at the 2018 Rail Giants Train Museum N... (more)

Banking west as the remainder of its train prepares to duck into the darkness of Tunnel 27, Metrolink 101 climbs into Santa Susana Pass covered by the early morning light. While not many commuters... (more)

Close to returning to active service for the Fillmore & Western Railway, RS-32 No. 4009 is parked at the shops in the steam locomotive's normal spot to allow it access in and out of the area for t... (more)

One last time... Santa Fe 3751 catches the morning light as it backs toward the Redondo turntable following a quick inspection of the locomotive's underside. Once in North Yard, the engine'... (more)