In 1988, wide-nosed locomotives had not yet become as ubiquitous as they are in the 2000s, as evidenced by a Union Pacific intermodal train passing through Ontario, California, behind the then fai... (more)

California's San Joaquin Valley produces the majority of the 12.8% of the United States' agricultural production (as measured by dollar value) that comes from California. Because of the massive a... (more)

A trio of Southern Pacific SD7s lead a transfer run as it departs Santa Fe’s Hobart Yard, in Vernon (southeast of downtown Los Angeles) with train bound for SP's Taylor Yard, northeast of downtown... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe GP30s 3200 (ex-ATSF 1200) and 3213 (ex-ATSF 1213) at San Bernardino, California, on August 29, 1981.

Metrolink F125 905 shoves on the rear of weekend service train 751 (Perris to Los Angeles) as the train receives an “approach medium” signal at milepost 43 on the BNSF San Bernardino Sub. This si... (more)

The old Santa Fe passenger station in Orange, California, replaced a wooden structure, and was dedicated on May 1, 1938. This depot remained in service until Santa Fe discontinued passenger train... (more)

A Norfolk Southern coal empties passes through Cresson, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 2019. This train had five former Conrail SD80MACs for power: NS 7202 and 7216 up front, and 7201, 7211 and ... (more)

Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8300 leads an eastbound freight past the depot in Tehachapi, California – at milepost 360.5, just 1.9 miles from the summit of the SP’s crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains... (more)

On May 23, 1990, Santa Fe Railway’s first two GP60Ms made their first trip eastward out of Los Angeles, having arrived in California for the first time the day before. ATSF 100 and 101 were still... (more)

The hills in the Tehachapi Mountains are a golden brown as a Southern Pacific freight rounds the horseshoe curve at Caliente on July 31, 1982. A quartet of SD40T-2 diesels, led by SP 8360, is pro... (more)

As BNSF railway intermodal train Z-LACLPK9-19 approaches the passenger station in downtown Fullerton, it is met by westbound intermodal train S-CLOSCO1-17 (Clovis NM to Thenard CA), led by AC4400C... (more)

As Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 564 passes through CP Maple in the city of Orange, California, Metrolink commuter train 683 departs the commuter station there. CDTX SC-44 2114 is leading the s... (more)

On February 28, 1998, a welded rail train was parked on one of the sidings at Basta, in western Fullerton, California. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Dash 8-40BW 521 (ex-ATSF 521) and ATSF GP40X 38... (more)

Three more Metrolink F125s are on their way to Metrolink’s Keller Yard in downtown Los Angeles, as BNSF train J-SXRLAC9-14 ferries SCAX 925, 941 and 906 from the EMD plant in Muncie IN to LA. Thi... (more)

BNSF Cut The Weeds Down! Departing the Fullerton Transportation Center is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768, just over halfway between its origination point of Goleta and its de... (more)