The Torrance Local heads over a small bit of street running that is a vestige of this line's one-time life as an interurban line. Heading down Vermont Avenue the train will soon turn back to its o... (more)

The Torrance Local shoves a string of cars to set out into the Conoco facility. The large aggregate unloader is for Robertson Ready Mix Concrete next door (and will see use in a few hours when the... (more)

The empty Pasha Slab train usually runs at night and is a very hard train to catch. On this day, however, it appeared at Dolores Yard in the mid afternoon. It is seen here transitioning to the BNS... (more)

A deadhead move from CMF (Central Maintenance Facility) to LAUS (Los Angeles Union Station) is led along the east bank of the River Sub by Metrolink's unique F40PH, everyone's favorite engine.

A San Diego bound Pacific Surfliner climbs the Redondo Flyover on its way from Metrolink tracks to BNSF tracks. Below it the Los Angeles River has some rare water.

The Oil Cans await a new crew at CP Main Street in downtown Los Angeles (alongside the Los Angeles River). This track was originally built as the Los Angeles Terminal (a Union Pacific precursor) a... (more)

Train #708 from Parker to Cadiz is paced from the nearby highway as it heads into dirt road only territory.

Train #708 from Parker to Cadiz passes by the ATSF station sign and yard in Rice.

Train #708 from Parker to Cadiz.

Train #708 from Parker to Cadiz passes through the Sonoran Desert about a mile east of Grommet as the setting sun lights the Buckskin Mountains over one state in Arizona.

Train #708 from Parker to Cadiz has just begun its journey with most of its train still in Parker as it crosses the Colorado River into California.

The crew puts together the day's train 708 shoving the power onto the first cut of cars about an hour before train time. In the consist are two Rapid City & Pierre SD40-2s, an ARZC SD45-2 and two ... (more)

Not certain what happened here, but this tank car sits along the siding in Sabalon CA on the Arizona & California, in a location only accessible by dirt roads. Kind of look like my room did when I... (more)

An extremely long harbor train passes the hills of barren Bagdad on its way to Long Beach, CA.

Richmond CA to El Paso TX autoracks (aka FEMA political prisoner cars) pass through the California desert on a perfect winter morning.