Another day draws to a close in downtown Los Angeles as some of the heavily tagged graffiti Union Pacific power rests in J Yard between assignments.

Bringing UP 9000 back to life (in a sense) on a warm, August evening, reenactor Robert Smith steps into the time machine that is the massive 4-12-2's cab and strikes a pose. Giving the illusion th... (more)

A KC-135 makes its final approach to Nelis Air Force Base as UP 4404 rests between switching duties just north of Arrolime in the late afternoon light.

Climbing off the floor of the San Fernando Valley, UP 4486 leads the LOF67-12 through Tunnel 28 and into the first of many grades on its trip from Gemco (Van Nuys) to Guadalupe.

Banking to the west as it leads Amtrak 777 out of Simi Valley, AMTK 456 catches the afternoon light as it approaches the Los Angeles Ave. grade crossing. With the imminent departure of these unit'... (more)

AMTK 156 finds the morning light just west of Hanford as it leads train 711, the first northbound train of the day, past a lengthy almond orchard and a vacant field as it works toward its next sta... (more)

With boarding nearly complete, the first steam-powered run of the day prepares to shove west out of Fillmore powered by the Fillmore & Western Railway's 107-year-old locomotive No. 14. In the fore... (more)

Posing beneath the ex-Santa Fe Railway locomotive sanding tower that still holds its place at Redondo Junction, Santa Fe 3751 eases around the sharp curve on the coupling track as it heads for Nor... (more)

Leaving Ventura behind, AMTK 90208 brings up the rear of Amtrak 765 as it passes through Emma Wood State Beach on a windy afternoon on the coast. Train 765 is an extra train created for the sole p... (more)

It's a beautiful day in the town of Fillmore as the loud barks of a Fillmore & Western No. 14 reverberate off the hillsides on both sides of the valley. Working its five car train eastbound throug... (more)

With a full day's worth of operating ahead of it, Nevada Northern No. 40 exits the engine house at Ely as No. 93 waits for her call to come out later in the day.

It's a beautiful, clear day in Southern California - the perfect day for a train ride aboard some of the BNSF Railway's finest business cars that make up this year's annual Southern California Chr... (more)

Catching the last light of day as dark, looming clouds prepare to shallow up the sun, Metrolink 121 rolls past Union Pacific's yard at Oxnard on the approach to its next station stop here. Waiting... (more)

Seen from the vestibule of the private car Silver Splendor, an ex-CBQ dome car beautifully restored by the Caestecker family, southbound Pacific Surfliner train No. 1790 holds the main at W... (more)

Metra 173, looking sharp in Metra's latest new paint scheme, shoves an inbound train of out West Chicago - bound for the Windy City itself.