Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station, appropriately enough on Track 11, is Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight. On this trip, Amtrak had difficulty producing two locomotives f... (more)
Train 11, on Track 11, on March 11 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 tra... (more)
Camo Geeps. Both UP 1373 (née-Southern Pacific 3198, EMD, GP40P-2, 11/1974) and UP 1394 (née-SSW 7638, EMD, GP40-2, 1/1979) were sitting in J Yard near East 25th Street on the morning of ... (more)
Down By The River. On April 13, 2022, UP 1373 (née-Southern Pacific 3198, EMD, GP40P-2, 11/1974) was leaving UP’s 4th Street Yard on job YJY68 after interchanging its empties for loaded ... (more)
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.
