As the sun sets, a clear signal indicates that Metrolink train 707, arriving from Riverside, will be arriving in Fullerton soon. (Fullerton, California - September 23, 2011)

Southbound San Joaquin 710 at Modesto.

Metrolink train 643, one of the Orange County shuttle trains, has just arrived from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo on Track 4 in Fullerton. Track 4 is used exclusively for these trains that operate b... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 582 passes through Califia Beach as it skirts the Pacific Ocean, living up to the name Surfliner. F59PHI 460 is pulling this six-car train from Los Angeles ... (more)

ATSF 4-8-4 No.3751 with the Grand Canyon Special crosses the Colorado River at Topock Arizona. In conjunction with the NRHS the 3751 will visit the Grand Canyon on it's swing through the Southwest... (more)

With their DPUs just coming into the frame far left near the famed Hill 582, an eastbound BNSF stack train works up Main 1 as it moves through the control point at Silverwood. The rain clouds have... (more)

BNSF 4338 heads 12 locos at Warren Curve, Mojave, in 2000

The Fullerton Switcher comes down one of the final stretches of rail on the Brea Chemical Industrial Lead. I read somewhere that the line was originally built as an attempt build a mainline throug... (more)

Metrolink train 640, the Fullerton to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo shuttle, makes its stop in Orange, California, at sunset on December 10, 2019.

The Fullerton Switcher returns from Brea after dropping off loads and picking up empty hoppers. Older power leads the small train around the curve that comes out of La Habra, back into Whittier ne... (more)

Winter Wonderland on Cajon - A southbound UP Auto train starts descending upon the snow covered Cajon Pass with another UP manifest off in the background holding the siding for another mani... (more)

"Last Hoorah!" Shortly before the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society began the FRA required 15 year rebuild of AT&SF #3751 they hosted a night photo shoot at the Amtrak 8th Stree... (more)

The morning of June 27th an officer's special for the Union Pacific traveled from Las Vegas, NV through California on its way east to Council Bluffs, IA. I took advantage of a day off and start... (more)

Apologies to all of you who were hoping to see Big Boy 4024. Here is brand new diesel, UP 4024 , as it heads a train at Keenbrook, CA, in October 2000.

The first westbound Ventura County Line train of the day, M101, arrives at Burbank Airport with an MP36 leader just after sunrise.