The new Charger locomotive has made it down to Portland and is sitting on the lead track for Union Station.

Testing! A BLF test train crosses the Jupiter Bridge. Today the bridge is completely rebuilt and the service to Orlando now brings trains every 30 minutes or so through here.

Passing the 'deadline' of Metrolink F125's and group of ex-ATSF "Super Fleet" Dash-9's at Metrolink's Keller Yard, an inbound Metrolink train curves the final mile into downtown Los Ange... (more)

Variety abounds at the 18th Street Locomotive Shop. The Siemens Testing Charger prepares to make its first run. The 406 heritage unit rests nearby.

Roster view of brand new BNSF 3733 at Vail Ave. on the San Bernardino Subdivision in the City of Commerce.

Colorado-Bound

Four-day-old Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric passenger locomotives WDTX 1402 and 1403 were found in Amtrak’s Redondo Junction engine facility in downtown Los Angeles o... (more)

UP 3016 and 3027 highball westbound after getting the green.

2 new ET44C4's along with a CREX leaser lead this Alliance, TX to San Bernardino Q train at Yucca on the Seligman Sub.

No, this is no April Fool's joke...there really are two, brand new Siemens SC-44 Chargers sitting in Los Angeles on this sunny afternoon. Rather than heading north to begin their service on Amtrak... (more)

With the overly wet winter in Northern California just about over, CDTX 2103, a new Siemens SC-44 Charger awaiting service on the Capital Corridor and San Joaquin lines, sits quietly in the privat... (more)

CDTX 2101, a new Siemens SC-44 Charger sporting the Amtrak California paint scheme, shoves a cab car out onto the wye and becomes the first unit of its class in the state of California to operate ... (more)

After a two hour wait, i was able to witness the future of passenger locomotives on a test train between Portland and Seattle. Built in 2016, the "Charger"locomotive was very quiet and pretty slee... (more)

The old and the new in focus. Originally opening in 1896, Portland, Oregon's Union Station has hosted a variety of railroads and their interesting motive power over the years, and today, it got a ... (more)

I believe this is the first Charger (Siemens SC44) to operate on a train on the West Coast. Here the 4611 destined for service with IDOT, pulls a test train with AMTK 467 on the tail end. It wi... (more)