The 2nd La Mirada heads down the KC Lead bound for the now-closed Kimberly-Clark facility in Fullerton.

Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, has power that might be more suited to its westbound counterpart, train 3. Amtrak P42DCs 3 and 33 are leading 6-car train 4 on this evening. ... (more)

A pair of Santa Fe GPs (GP30 3208 and GP35 3371) work their train at the small yard in Fullerton, just west of the passenger station. ATSF 3208 is the former ATSF 1208, and ATSF 3371 was original... (more)

Bringing up the rear of a Union Pacific weed abatement train is car Habco International car 214. HABX 214's heritage is fairly obvious, although the specific car is hard to pin down. This car, w... (more)

The Union Pacific's Anaheim Branch was in need of a little weed abatement, and the railroad sent a weed sprayer down to Anaheim and back to spray some weed killer along the right-of-way. The trai... (more)

A pair of SD40s (ATSF 5005 and 5013) stop to pick up some cars as the train heads east on the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway’s Third District. Just behind the power is another locomotive be... (more)

Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, got stuck behind a lot of traffic congestion caused by a BNSF freight (rumored to be the H-BARLAC) fouling all three mainlines somewhere betwe... (more)

It was not a great evening for passengers in Fullerton, as a BNSF train (possibly the H-BARLAC) ended up fouling all three mainlines somewhere between Buena Park and Norwalk. This resulted in a n... (more)

Amtrak 566 meets the 2nd La Mirada Roadswitcher at Basta on the beginning of a very hot day along the San Bernardino Sub.

An Amtrak "San Diegan" 778 makes a stop in Fullerton, California, in the early 1970s. In the early days of Amtrak, this train was powered by Santa Fe F-units until Amtrak could take del... (more)

Built in June 1990 to power Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe’s hot intermodal trains, ATSF GP60M 131 was delivered in the railway’s resurrected "Warbonnet" paint scheme, newly dubbed "... (more)

Once again, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief encountered problems en route from Chicago to Los Angeles, and train 3 picked up a BNSF engine to assist it in Kansas City, at which point it was runn... (more)

Once again, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief encountered problems en route from Chicago to Los Angeles, and train 3 picked up a BNSF engine to assist it in Kansas City, at which point it was runn... (more)

As the last light of the day begins to fade, a small group of passengers gathers on Track 3 at Fullerton as the eastbound Southwest Chief prepares to make its first stop after departing Los Angele... (more)

An eastbound BNSF stack train races away from the sunset as it approaches the Fullerton station on a cool fall evening. Fullerton regulars may notice something new here, as BNSF has recently repla... (more)