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)

An Expo bound K-Line train nears the tunnel at Leimert Park, with the Hollywood sign in the background, on December 17, 2022.

Looking east at Travel Town, with a line of smaller display locomotives on the track to the left.

Western Pacific #26 is a 2-8-0 Consolidation.

Pickering Lumber #2 is a three-truck Heisler.

Los Angeles Harbor #31 was one of two 0-4-0Ts donated to Travel Town by the Harbor in the 1950s. This locomotive's cab disintegrated over time. The present cab is a replacement that was built by a... (more)

This surviving Model 40 is dedicated to Charley Atkins, the founder of Travel Town. Its road number, 52, represents the year Travel Town was founded in 1952. It's road markings, CS&CV represent th... (more)

California Western RS12 #56 is Baldwin's version of a light roadswitcher (created from a switcher). This one was traded to Travel Town in 1992 in exchange for two Hawaiian steam engines that went ... (more)

Conrock #1 is an 0-6-0T built by Alco's Cook Locomotive Works.

It's golden hour at Redondo Junction as AMTK 509 basks in the light adjacent to the ex-Santa Fe Railway turntable here at Amtrak's Redondo Junction locomotive servicing facility. Those with ken ey... (more)

Following days of prep at Amtrak's Redondo Junction locomotive servicing facility, AMTK 203, wearing a commemorative paint scheme celebrating Operation Life Saver's 50th Anniversary, eases off th... (more)

Pepsi Can Meets Real Pepsi Cans. As AMTK 160, Amtrak's "Pepsi Can" painted heritage unit done as part of the company's 50th Anniversary, awaits its next assignment at Amtrak's 8th... (more)