A fire broke out in Cajon Pass' Blue Cut area and all rail traffic was stopped. BNSF was prepping their fire suppression train, based in Commerce (a few miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles) t... (more)
It was a warm day, but the heat distortion is caused by the 17,600 horsepower of BNSF ES44DC 7870, Dash 9-44CW 4595, AC4400CW 5658 and ES44C4 7012, combining to pull Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal tr... (more)
BNSF Railway train Z-LACALT7-11, with an interesting locomotive lash up, rounds Cajon Pass’ famous Sullivan’s Curve as it claws its way out of the Los Angeles Basin and up to the Mojave Desert... (more)
The vast majority of BNSF Railway trains in southern California have recent GE diesels (ES44DCs, ES44ACs, ES44C4s and ET44C4s), and lately EMD SD70ACes are becoming more common as well. So when t... (more)
BNSF Railway train Z-LACALT7-11 has been steadily climbing a 2.2% grade since shortly after it departed San Bernardino twenty-five miles ago. Now, as this Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train passes... (more)
Displaying one of the more interesting locomotive lashups to show up in southern California in a while is BNSF Railway train Z-LACALT7-11, the power for which represents three railroads and four p... (more)
