BNSF 127, the former Santa Fe 127, is half of a pair of GP60Ms handling a cut of loaded intermodal well cars in Commerce, although the train is being backed into Hobart Yard in Vernon, seen in the... (more)

Near the southern end of the Union Pacific’s Santa Ana Industrial Lead, UP train LOA32 switches some industries (most notably, Behr Paint). UP GP60s 1083 (ex-UP 1953, née-SSW 9651) and 1105 (e... (more)

On a day when 73% of the United States was covered with snow, much of it deep, along with freezing temperatures, winds, tornados and power outages, southern California was a pleasant 66ºF and the... (more)

This ConAgra SW1200, working the Gavilon Grain elevator in Saginaw, Texas, rolled out of General Motors Diesel’s London, Ontario, factory as Canadian National 1317, but after service on the CN, ... (more)

Spending the night in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard are BNSF ES44DC 7762, ES44C4 3744 and ES44DC 7759. Somehow these engines were assigned to the UP hauler from West Colton to Anaheim and b... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe freight descends Cajon Pass as the sun is about to drop behind the San Gabriel Mountains, bringing a day of railfanning to an end. ATSF C30-7 8160 leads a five-engine consist... (more)

A trio of diesels lays over on the wye in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard after bringing a train in from West Colton Yard. UP ES44AC 5483, AC6000CW 7015 and SD40-2 2043 were the power, with 2... (more)

Curiously, a set of three BNSF Railway engines was laying over in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard. BNSF ES44DC 7762, ES44C4 3744 and ES44DC 7759 spent a sunny Sunday laying over after bringin... (more)

A trio of diesels lays over on the wye in Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard after bringing a train in from West Colton Yard. UP ES44AC 5483, AC6000CW 7015 and SD40-2 2043 were the power, with 2... (more)

Nearly two hours after BNSF train Q-NWHLAC6-30 stopped about six-miles east of Summit, due to chronic Positive Train Control (PTC) and Trip Optimizer programming failures, the train arrives at Caj... (more)

Adjacent to the Santa Ana River’s Prado Dam is the "station" named Prado Dam. At one time it was in rural Riverside County, at the eastern end of Santa Ana Canyon, in which the Santa ... (more)

As Union Pacific train UP F-ILBDV01-04I, with UP ES44AC 7760 as the rear Distributed Power Unit (DPU), grinds up Cajon Pass, BNSF Railway train Q-NWHLAC6-30 pops out from behind it on another main... (more)

Consider the length of BNSF train Z-LACWSP9-05L, which is visible in the distance as it rounds the much-photographed curve at Cajon Pass’ Summit, and that fact that this train is carrying hundre... (more)

After a series of stops due to issues with the locomotives’ Positive Train Control (PTC) and Trip Optimizer programming, BNSF train Q-NWHLAC6-30 was able to get the systems working all right and... (more)

Bringing up the rear of BNSF Railway train Q-NWHLAC6-30 is one of the railway’s ten 25th Anniversary engines, in this case ES44AC 6075. And someone who assigns power didn’t follow the edict t... (more)