A hot eastbound TOFC has taken no time in getting up to track speed as it starts its journey east just before sunset.

Witnessed at Los Angeles, CA, Saturday the 16th of February, 2019. Basking in sunny, yet cool (for California) 55° air and very late afternoon solar rays. BNSF 1309 and 1310, sequentially numbere... (more)

Two Pacific Surfliner F59PHi's live out their final days in Los Angeles on a warm, spring day at Redondo Junction. While the 462 is only briefly visiting the ex-Santa Fe locomotive maintenance fac... (more)

AMTK 46 catches the last rays of sunlight as its beaten cowl represents many of its sisters out roaming Amtrak system this spring day. Scratches and dents, rust and primer-painted snow plows are j... (more)

Still wearing the colors of the LA Rams following their trip to the Superbowl earlier this month, Los Angeles Union Station stands out among the thousands of lights throughout downtown wearing sha... (more)

Surfliner Veterans No More. It's a warm, spring afternoon in Los Angeles as AMTK 460 and companion AMTK 456 bask in the afternoon light at Amtrak's Redondo Junction locomotive maintenance f... (more)

Former UP GP9 AMTK 763 sits at Amtrak's former Santa Fe Redondo Jct facility in a unique paint scheme created by the roundhouse forces.

An eastbound San Diegan was rounding the 15 mph curve at Redondo Jct heading for San Diego. This is the site of the tragic crash of a pair of Santa Fe RDC cars in JAN 1956.

Westbound Santa Fe intermodal train coming into Los Angeles via the original Pasadena Sub passing Broadway station. In less than a quarter mile the train will become an eastbound when it enters th... (more)

Making the final turn to cross over US 101, an inbound Metro Rail train approaches Los Angeles Union Station as City Hall peaks from behind other structures in downtown.

The Sun Will Soon Set For Pacific Surfliner F59's As a passing storm system continues to blow over Southern California, the clouds briefly part and allow a diluted sunlight to spill onto th... (more)

Southern Pacific 9177 leads Milwaukee Road 156, 174 and 168 south out of the Taylor Yard and along the "river" in Los Angeles. The train has stopped to wait for the dispatcher to give a green sign... (more)

Plying the last few miles into the train's final destination, Los Angeles Union Station, BNSF 4202 leads an 8 hour late Southwest Chief into town as Terminal Tower stands sentinel in the foregroun... (more)

Even Rescuers Need Rescuing. It's a chilly evening in downtown Los Angeles as the sound of two freight motors idling fills the air. Sitting out of place in what is arguably the busiest trai... (more)

A westbound grain train, led by UP 3706, has stopped at the Union Pacific main office building located just east of the Los Angeles yard as storm clouds build.