LA Times Delivery. After printing newspapers at its Olympic Blvd. location since it was built in 1988, the LA Times itself announced in late 2022 that the plant will shut down in 2024. The ... (more)

A Los Angeles transfer job pulls power and and containers from LATC and onto the River Sub.

The big prize that I went out for last Sunday, March 26, 2023, was P42DC #203, Amtrak's Operation Life Saver unit, which was leading #3. Don't know if the timing has changed on how long the train ... (more)

We've had an Indian Summer of cowl units on Metrolink, as a number of once removed from service F59PHrs are running in regular rotation again.

Under the control of a single GEVO, a San Antonio train for the Harbor pulls of the UP Alhambra Sub and onto Metrolink's River Sub on its way to the Alameda Corridor.

Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station 1 hour 12 minutes behind schedule (because it arrived in San Luis Obispo 1 hour and 5 minutes late) is Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight.... (more)

GE C44-9W BNSF 766 ~ Delivered September 1997. Captured in the late winter sunlight between rain storms at BNSF's Hobart Intermodal Yard near Los Angeles, CA.

Arriving L.A. on July 27th 1937. ATSF 3751 and 3710 are running at 20 MPH with 11 cars in tow. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Photo by Tony Lanier. From my collection.

Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.

Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.

Southern Pacific train 25, The Owl, is seen at Los Angeles California on August 1st 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

At 5:34 am, the Sunset Limited should just be arriving at its final destination. But thanks to some generous schedule padding, the Sunset has already been in Los Angeles for nearly ... (more)

CDTX 2109, an SC-44 "Charger" built by Siemens in 2018, gets a wash by a member of Amtrak's mechanical shop force at Redondo Junction on a cool, fall morning. Note how brown the screens ... (more)

AMTK 184 is seen at Amtrak's Redondo Junction Locomotive Maintenance Facility during its "PM" (preventive maintenance) inspection visit. In the background, the an original ATSF canteliv... (more)