Diamonds Are Forever. Sitting forlorn in the foreground amongst a sea of weeds, one of the original Redondo Junction diamonds sees the passage of yet another passenger train, this one being... (more)

Rest In Pieces. The moon continues its ascent into the night sky above the 1924-built, ex-Southern Pacific station in Glendale, CA on a chilly night in Southern California. Calling on the 9... (more)

The Talgo Series 6 funeral train, bound for SA Recylcling in Anaheim, California, pauses for a crew change at the 1924-built, ex-Southern Pacific Glendale depot.

Full House. On a cool, winter evening in Los Angeles, AMTK 184 joins a trio of Pacific Surfliner Chargers and the veteran AMTK 795, which hasn't turned a wheel under it’s own power for near... (more)

Making the most of the 10 mph track speed on the Santa Paula Branch Line, UP 1007 leads this morning's LOF63 north with an interesting train of equipment to interchange with the Fillmore & Western... (more)

With their switching in Camarillo complete, UP 1007 and a sister GP60 prepare to leave the siding and retake the main at the north end of town. Once clear if the signal, the UP Santa Barbara Subdi... (more)

Having clawed at the grade for much of its journey since leaving Needles, reaching a top speed of 15 mph and an average of more like 10 mph, the BNSF 7431's crew buckles up as the heavy Galesburg,... (more)

Making The Warbonnet Wait. As the sun begins to set, this evening's BNSF San Bernardino dispatcher has elected to hold the H BARWAT at Basta for a plethora of east and westbound passenger a... (more)

Easing into Oxnard for its first and only en-route work during its northbound trip to Guadalupe, UP 7481 leads today's LOF67 past the Oxnard crew base and the UP 1150. The 1150 is seen this aftern... (more)

Snaking through the southern end of Cliff, UP 6524 brings up the rear of a northbound manifest as it passes a waiting BNSF intermodal train on one side and the remains of a recent derailment on th... (more)

Reaching the flats of the northern section of the California's Central Valley, UP 2592 builds up to track speed at Ostrom after snaking through the Feather River Canyon earlier in the afternoon. T... (more)

UP 1413, the last ex-Southern Pacific GP40-2 to wear its original roman lettering, basks in evening light provided by an adjacent storage facility in Anaheim. While this particular side (the engin... (more)

Looking sharp in the golden hour light, SCAX 921 banks into the high speed curve at milepost 429 on the Ventura Subdivision as it leads Metrolink 117 out of Simi Valley and toward its next station... (more)

Perhaps The Very Last Time. Metrolink cabcar SCAX 671 leads test train 501X slowly through the community of Glendora as it passes the now inactive, canteliver signal bridge here on the Pasa... (more)

Under a thick layer of costal, morning overcast, steam from this morning's operations of Fillmore & Western 14 lingers a little longer in the air as the 2-8-0 heads east for a blowdown before back... (more)