History at Barstow For the first time in history, an active 4000' class steam locomotive calls on the original, 1911-built Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway passenger station/Harvey House,... (more)

134 Years In The Making. The desolate, desert community of Hodge, Calif. briefly feels tremors caused by the weight of a 1.2 million pound steam locomotive, UP 4014, as the 1941-built, 4-8-... (more)

A Caboose For Your Thoughts? SCAX MW01, Metrolink's sole operating caboose, has returned to the high iron once again as it serves on Metrolink's rail train - seen here parked in the "c... (more)

Metrolink 121, headed this evening by the SCAX 901, leaves Burbank Junction in the dust as it approaches its next station stop - Burbank Airport South. Waiting patiently in the coast siding are a ... (more)

BNSF 5193 and the head-end power on this northbound grain train begin their final decent down toward Walong and Tunnel 9 and the train's three mid-train DPU's, including a Canadian visitor, still ... (more)

An original Santa Fe bell bottom lantern, restored down to the smallest detail, illuminates a small portion of the backside of Santa Fe 3751's tender on a cool, winter evening at Redondo Junction.... (more)

United States Air Force (USAF) No. 1601 prepares to begin some switching alongside Ventura County Railway No. 2, which is being serviced for the last time before going down for its upcoming 1472 i... (more)

The valve gear of Ventura County Railway No. 2, a now 99-year-old 2-6-2 built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1922, enjoys a brief rest between runs as a Pacific Electric trolley, No. 717, take... (more)

Ventura County Railway No. 2 heads for the barn in the golden hour light after completing its final day of operations before going down for its FRA mandated 1472 inspection.

Ventura County Railway No. 2 pauses outside of its storage barn, located at the Southern California Railway Museum, as it is service in the golden hour light one last time before being shut down. ... (more)

Engineer John Mobley cracks the throttle on Ventura County Railway No. 2 as it breaks away from its train to run north before spending the next hour or so operating as part of the "Run One&qu... (more)

Get A Grip. The cylinder cocks on VC 2 send out a brief stream of steam and hiss in frustration as the 99-year-old locomotive recovers from a wheel slip during the Southern California Railw... (more)

You Can't Outrun The Clock. With the sun having swung over to the west as the late afternoon slowly draws to a close, the sunlit fireman's side of Ventura County Railway No. 2 and it's trai... (more)

Thunder at Perris. With just hours left in its final day of operations before going down for it's mandated FRA 1472 inspection, Ventura County Railway No. 2, better known as "VC 2,&quo... (more)

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)