A Union Pacific westbound freight, lead by a pair of former Southern Pacific SD40-2M diesels rebuilt by M-K from SD45s, passes through El Casco, the name for the crossover in Redlands, on Beaumont... (more)

In the Nineties, the Southern Pacific was beginning to change – Rio Grande-style "Speed Lettering" was showing up on repaints and new power thanks to new ownership, wide-nosed safety cab... (more)

A pair of freights claw their way up the 2.2% grades approaching Cajon Pass as they leave San Bernardino behind on a crystal-clear spring day. On the left, on Santa Fe’s First District, is a Unio... (more)

An eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway business train approaches Fullerton. At just four months old, and there are not many locomotives relettered for the new road yet, let alone any o... (more)

BNSF Railway train Z-LACALT7-11, with an interesting locomotive lash up, rounds Cajon Pass’ famous Sullivan’s Curve as it claws its way out of the Los Angeles Basin and up to the Mojave Desert as ... (more)

Power from the Union Pacific "Anaheim Hauler" lays over on the wye in Anaheim before heading back to West Colton Yard. Facing the camera is UP SD60 2179, built in April 1986 as UP 6024.... (more)

Rolling down Cajon Pass is Union Pacific train I-G2LA1-23, heading for Los Angeles from Global 2 facility in Proviso, Illinois. UP ET44AC 2617 and ES44AC 7708 (in fresh paint) are up front, with ... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southbound Chief, is only five-hours late as it passes through Verdemont, at the base of Cajon Pass. Just ahead is a stop at San Bernardino, which will... (more)

Yet another Amtrak long-distance train is running late, as Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, is five hours behind schedule as it passes through Cajon, California, at 10:55 am. ... (more)

The vast majority of BNSF Railway trains in southern California have recent GE diesels (ES44DCs, ES44ACs, ES44C4s and ET44C4s), and lately EMD SD70ACes are becoming more common as well. So when t... (more)

BNSF Railway train H-WCLBAR1-26 originated in Union Pacific’s West Colton Yard, and is making its way to BNSF’s Barstow Yard. Consecutively numbered ET44C4s 3752 and 3751 (no, not that 375... (more)

A pair of former Southern Railway GP38-2s (NS 5006 and 5013, ex-SOU 5006 and 5013) work at assembling a train at Norfolk Southern’s Enola Yard in Marysville, Pennsylvania. (Marysville, Pennsylvan... (more)

Once in a while, one of Union Pacific’s routes through the Los Angeles Basin gets shut down by maintenance, or a lack of maintenance, and some hot UP trains have to detour on the BNSF Railway. On... (more)

A CSX freight train heads west along the Monongahela River, on the old Pittsburgh & Lake Erie mainline – now CSX’s Pittsburgh Subdivision. CSXT AC4400CW 162, ES44DC 5439, Dash 8-40CW 7899, ES44DC... (more)

It doesn't seem like it, but the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is 35-year-old. Since tile roofs typically last anywhere from 50- to 100-years, the fact that the station is getting a ne... (more)