On its maiden run after receiving Amtrak's Phase VII paint scheme, Amtrak P42DC 167 leads a late train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, as it departs Fullerton headed for its final stop at... (more)

Amtrak has a new paint scheme being applied to their P42DCs, the Phase VII scheme. So far it has been applied to 174 and 82 … and now 167, seen on its maiden run in its third paint scheme. Fre... (more)

A Union Pacific eastbound train, operating on BNSF's San Bernardino Sub, with an eclectic mix of early merger power: Southern Pacific SD45R 7453 (ex-SP SD45 8887), Union Pacific SD40-2 3915 and a... (more)

Milanese Meet. On the evening of April 4, 2012, former Milan, Italy cars 1811 (ex-1911/1928 paint) and 1818 (1930s-1970s paint) meet near the end of the SFMTA - San Francisco Municipal Tra... (more)

8711 leads UP SD60 6034.

The fifteen-stall Lenzen Roundhouse was originally built in 1899 to serve the standard gauge San Jose-San Francisco rail commuter line and the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad, replacing ... (more)

A pair of C45ACCTE units push and intermodal train westbound at Modesto.

ES44C4 5537 powers and eastbound local freight through Denair Ca.

Eastbound priority intermodal passes Turlock/Denair Station on the heels of Amtrak San Joaquin 710 at Denair Ca.

These is a lot that is out of the ordinary here…

(1) On the left is an intermodal train (BNSF S-CDZSCO1-29L) with a Grinstein Green and Cream SD70MAC, not a usual visitor to southern ... (more)

Two Caltrain F40s wait for their next trip south at 4th & King St Station

Hooping Up Orders

As an eastbound Southern Pacific Railroad freight, led by Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9269, departs Hiland, at the summit of Cajon Pass, the conductor grabs his ... (more)

The sound of dynamic braking fills the air as a westbound Southern Pacific lumber drag highballs Mott, California. After making a 180-degree turn just ahead at Sawmill Curve, the train will start ... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific train is holding the main at Mott, waiting for an eastbound train to climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon and clear on the siding in the foreground.

A new C44ACM rebuild leads westbound symbol IG4LB in the late afternoon near El Casco.