A Union Pacific 0-6-0 Baldwin S5 is lit up by the dropping sun as a professional photographer gets ready to set up for some family photos with the engine as background.
A rare center cab EMC Model 40 is the main power at Travel Town (not that anything is usually moving there, but this locomotive is their tow truck when they need to pull stuff). I have heard of pl... (more)
This Western Pacific Consolidation was donated to Travel Town back around the creation of the park in the 1950s.
California Western #56 is a rare Baldwin RS12. Last I knew, this unit was serviceable and even gets used on occasion when they need to move something large around the museum yard. That being said,... (more)
Some twenty years ago we had friends who lived a house away from the abandoned railroad cut through Cheviot Hills and Rancho Park in West LA. Our kids were the same age and we visited them often. ... (more)
The "low-level set" on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner route pulls out of Los Angeles as train 1572 with NPCU 90278 (former F40PH 278) taking up the markers. Terminal Tower is on the right.
The San Gabriel Switcher crew is pinch hitting on a repo assignment as they bring a cut of empty wells into Aurant Yard with a pair of geeps.
The San Gabriel Switcher's lead GP60 pulls forward in front of the Aurant Switcher's SD40-2 at Aurant Yard.
The LOW10 arrives back at 4th Street Yard to finish up their week of working the Torrance Industrial Lead. Trailing is GP40P-2 carbody 1373.
BNSF 5378 witnessed soaking in some late afternoon sunlight (in need of a good tan...) with departing storm clouds in the background at Los Angeles, CA on Thursday, Nov 21, 2019.
There was a new train listed in the June 15, 1976, Amtrak timetable – trains 781 and 782, the Las Vegas Limited. This train departed Los Angeles at 1:30 pm on Fridays, and returned on Su... (more)
The Torrance Local builds their outbound train at 4th Street Yard in the shadow of the LA skyline across the LA River.
The Torrance and El Segundo Locals switch cars at 4th Street Yard in Los Angeles as the 6th Street Viaduct construction continues above them.
The El Segundo Local finishes up their morning at 4th Street Yard.
LOW20 comes off the Alameda Corridor and onto the Metrolink connector with a trio of geeps.
