The San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society held a very unusual event on the evening of July 15, 2017. After the locomotive was displayed all day at the Union Station Summer Train Fest, she was... (more)

If I told you I spent Saturday night with strobe lights, steam effects, and a turntable you probably wouldn't be thinking of the Amtrak yard in Los Angeles. This shot of 3751 was taken during Ste... (more)

ATSF 3751 sits on the once Santa Fe Redondo Turntable in Amtrak's 8th Street Yard as part of Steve Crise's night photo shoot, organized by the San Bernardino Rail Historical Society. Models and an... (more)

ATSF 3751 runs from its home at the Redondo Roundhouse up to Los Angeles Union Station for what could well be its last time out on the iron for the next two years. She is still a perfect looking l... (more)

Although not Metrolink's first locomotive, F40PH #800 is its oldest, and these days its main role has been to shift Metrolink's newest locomotives, F125s, around Keller Yard, as well as to support... (more)

Metrolink 351 arrives in Los Angeles via the San Gabriel Sub on an already hot mid-morning. The city skyline can be seen on the upper right through the haze.

After patiently waiting for a window in between traffic, ISCLB works down the Los Angeles River with 4200 feet of intermodal traffic from Salt Lake City as the evening sun sets behind the LA skyli... (more)

A track maintenance crew pulls up to check on 3751's crew after a full day of hard work. This is just one of many scenes recreated the 21st century at the now Amtrak owned 8th street yard as part ... (more)

The San Bernardino Rail Historical Society with permission from Amtrak hosted a rare night photo shoot on the grounds of Amtrak's 8th Street Yard. With the help of Steve Crise and his fantastic ph... (more)

The El Segundo ties up its power on the Myers Street Team Track. Note that the GP38-2 in the back of the consist has not been tagged. As of my posting this, five days later, it's still not tagged.... (more)

The 4PM switcher has a pair of P42s (including a heritage unit) for the evening's Southwest Chief. Departure time for the Chief is just a couple minutes when I shot this. The train would end up l... (more)

The 6PM Switcher has a single Superliner car in tow. It would drop this car just a few yards further and then the engine would head off for points north. I have absolutely no idea what they were d... (more)

The El Segundo Local returns to downtown LA running up the east bank of the river. Carrying loaded cars indicates they must have stopped at J-Yard for some transfers on their way back.

A ten-hour late Southwest Chief with a BNSF Dash 9 leading and some private varnish on the rear, races along the west bank of the concrete LA River as it heads into its very last miles before reac... (more)

A ten-hour late Southwest Chief with a BNSF Dash 9 leading and some private varnish on the rear drops down off the Redondo Flyover as it heads into its very last miles before reaching Los Angeles ... (more)