Rolling into Pacific Harbor Lines' Pier A Yard in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington are a pair of EMD 6-axle diesels: Locomotive Leasing Partners SD38-2 2808 (the former Reserve Mining 1... (more)

In late 2013, the reacquisition of Union Pacific "Big Boy" 4014 by the Railroad from the RailGiants Museum in Pomona, California. Of the eight "Big Boys" preserved around the ... (more)

Union Pacific SD40-2 3462, with interestingly mis-matched numberboards, is teamed with a former Southern Pacific SD40T-2 and another SD40-2 to bring a local, train LRS97-12, into Stockton from Ros... (more)

Heading east out of CSX Transportation’s Barr Yard is an ethanol train powered by Canadian Pacific AC4400CW 9657 and Norfolk Southern Dash 9-40CW 9727. (Dolton, Illinois – November 7, 2018)

Speeding through the North Elizabeth NJ Transit station is Amtrak train 125, a Northeast Regional heading west (compass south) from New York City’s Penn Station to Norfolk, Virginia. An ... (more)

Sitting on the wye in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard are the two locomotives that arrived from West Colton Yard with a "Hauler," which delivered cars to be distributed by locals ser... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad's Davidson Yard features several sets of power working the hump yard at one time, as the yard is that large. One of those sets on this day was UP "snoot" S... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the Southwest Chief, sits in Los Angeles Union Station after arriving from Chicago. Amtrak P42DC 123 is the lead locomotive, teamed with P42DC 66 – fitting, since this tr... (more)

General Motors Electro-Motive Division constructed 63 GP60Ms, all for the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe. They were the first new locomotives delivered in the Santa Fe's then-new "Superfleet&quo... (more)

As Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 765 (Irvine to Goleta, truncated due to ground stabilization work being performed along the railroad’s right of way along the beach in San Clemente) makes its ... (more)

Coney Island's Wonder Wheel is a great location to get a view of lower Brooklyn, including the skyline of lower Manhattan across the East River. And, it is also a great perch from which to see th... (more)

Amtrak train 582, a Pacific Surfliner, has just crossed into Santa Ana as it heads from Los Angeles to San Diego. AMTK F59PHI 454, built in June 1998, is pulling this six-car train as it e... (more)

Amtrak Capitol Corridor train 737 has arrived at its final destination from Sacramento (the state capitol, hence this train’s name). This train’s power, F59PHI 2003, and cars are owned... (more)

Running 10 minutes late and leaving the setting sun behind, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, approaches Atwood, a junction of the BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub and Metrolink’s... (more)

Changes are afoot at Atwood, a BNSF station in Placentia. The searchlight signals seen on the left will soon be replaced by the tri-light signals already standing in place, and a new apartment bu... (more)