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)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 571 arrives in Santa Ana, California, ninety-two miles north of the train's origination point of San Diego (and just thirty-six miles from the endpoint of Los Angel... (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)

It takes a lot of power to lift heavy trains over the Tehachapi Mountains, as evidenced by the nine locomotives needed to get this Santa Fe eastbound, led by F45 5903. Nine diesels from EMD’s f... (more)

Sitting in Canadian Pacific’s Bensenville Yard are two I&M Rail Link (IMRL) SD45s. The I&M Rail Link, owned by the Washington Companies, operated 1,385 miles of trackage in the states of Illino... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is seen at Los Angeles Union Station four minutes after it arrived on Track 13 … and twenty minutes before it was due to arrive at 8:00 am! ... (more)

The morning’s rain has let up just in time for BNSF Railway train U-SBDSDG1-14M (a 50-car unit military train heading from San Bernardino to San Diego) to pass through town without having to act... (more)

Long bumped from the hot intermodal service for which it was built, BNSF Dash 8-40BW 556 (ex-Santa Fe 556) is working with BNSF GP30 2828 (ex-Burlington Northern 2828, ex-BN GP30 2219, née-Chicag... (more)

A Pantograph on a Diesel?!? ¯\_(?)_/¯

Upon reviewing this photo of NICD GP38-2 1000, I discovered something interesting about this engine – a pantograph on the roof! Built b... (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)

A decade or so out of passenger service, a quartet of Southern Pacific SDP45s, with SP 3206 facing the camera, have brought the Anaheim Hauler to town from West Colton. (Anaheim, California – M... (more)

One of the trainsets used for Amtrak’s Regional Springfield Shuttles lays over for the night. In the morning, P42DC 108, coach 82526 and cab car 9644 will head south to New Haven, Connec... (more)

Ex-SP Engines on Ex-ATSF Trackage

What a difference a day makes: Yesterday, it was 79ºF and today it is just 68ºF at this time. Union Pacific local LOA32, and 11 car train be... (more)