1,990 Days Later. Just 10 days shy of the 2,000 mark from the day it last traveled over Cajon Pass, April 28, 2014, when it begin it's road to restoration - UP 4014 triumphantly returns to ... (more)

1.2 Million Pounds Flys Over Frost. Making it's historic return to Southern California, Union Pacific's "Big Boy" steam locomotive, UP 4014, flys over a UP manifest at Frost as it... (more)

UP 2769 leads a westbound intermodal over BNSF's San Bernardino Subdivision and through Metrolink's Riverside station as it closes in on home rails at the western end of town.

Catching a glimpse of the golden hour light between Tunnels 27 and 26, SCAX 896 prepares to lean into the curve on the point of Metrolink 119 as it approaches the later of the two mentioned tunnel... (more)

Framed between the rising mountains of Tehachapi, dotted with windmills eager to catch the passing gusts of wind at this location, a westbound BNSF manifest slugs upgrade into Cameron on a warm af... (more)

Having just passed through the first of many tunnels, Amtrak 11 climbs out of Caliente and toward Tunnel 2 as it detours over Tehachapi.

With the length of its train still snaking through Cliff and Tunnel 5, a northbound UP intermodal train's head-end exists Tunnel 3 as it approaches Bealville in the morning light.

Kern Jct. Sunset. Running over four hours late following the delay of a Metrolink trespasser strike down south in the San Fernando Valley, Amtrak's detouring Coast Starlight No. 14 has to w... (more)

Snaking its way through the may curves between Rowen and Woodford, including a horseshoe curve, UP 8132 leads a heavy manifest bound for West Colton up Tehachapi. The head-end power and a number o... (more)

With a hefty of the LOF65 on the drawbar, UP 5338 and three additional units work upgrade through Tunnel 27 while battling the grade on Santa Susana Pass.

Amtrak 14 drops drown grade through Bealville and meets a waiting BNSF Z train. The Starlights, trains No. 11 and 14, were both forced to detour for three straight days (Sept. 14-16) following Met... (more)

Stainless Steel At Monolith. Amtrak 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, catches the golden hour rays of sunlight as the popular passenger train detours over Tehachapi. Having just crested t... (more)

With the first day of steam in the books, GCRY 29 shows it train out toward the wye to prepare the consist for tomorrow's trip to the Grand Canyon powered by GCRY 4960. As the little 2-8-0 shoves ... (more)

Doubleheaded Blowdown. As GCRY 29 and GCRY 4960 pull their train out of the railway's Williams storage tracks prior to shoving the train back to the depot, the engineers on both locomotives... (more)

A Magical Ending. Following four epic, consecutive days of steam locomotives operating on the Grand Canyon Railway, powered by none other than GCRY 29 and GCRY 4960, who would have thought ... (more)