Metrolink train 689, heading to Los Angeles from Irvine, makes a stop on the Orange County Line. SCAX MP36PH-3C 902, resplendent it perhaps Metrolink’s least-attractive paint scheme (almost all... (more)

California Department of Transportation SC-44 2116 pulls a six car Pacific Surfliner through Chapman University as it heads from Goleta to San Diego. Train 768 has an eclectic set of cars ... (more)

One of BNSF Railway’s ten 25th Anniversary engines, ES44AC 6179, leads a 14,187-foot double-stack train heading to Long Beach from Chicago. This train, over 2½ miles long and weighing 19,358-t... (more)

BNSF Railway train S-LBTLPC1-12 heads west on BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub. BNSF ES44AC 6113, ES44C4 6935 and ES44DC 7549 are up front, and the two Distributed Power Units on the rear are BNSF ES4... (more)

The first Metrolink train out of Los Angeles on the Orange County Line for the day is train 600, passing under the signals at milepost 164 on the BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub. Bound for Oceanside,... (more)

Union Pacific ES44AC 8091 and SD70ACe 1982 (the railroad’s Missouri Pacific Heritage engine) are tied down at the railroads West Anaheim Yard. The next morning they will take a Hauler back to W... (more)

As an Anaheim Police Helicopter circles over downtown, Union Pacific SD70ACe 1982, the railroad’s Missouri Pacific Heritage engine, sits on the West Anaheim Wye waiting for the next morning, whe... (more)

In the half-light after sunset Union Pacific’s Missouri Pacific Heritage engine, SD70ACe 1982. This engine, originally UP 8379, is tied down and shut down as well, in order to spend the night he... (more)

Wearing a coat of grime on its most recent paint job, Union Pacific’s Missouri Pacific Heritage engine, UP 1982, has the setting sun shining in its face – perhaps blinding the "Screaming ... (more)

Southern California’s fair weather allowed the Southern Pacific Railroad to perform some repairs outdoors on the whisker tracks around the turntable at LA’s Taylor Yard. On a typically overca... (more)

One of Santa Fe’s FP45 locomotives, recently painted in the attractive "Superfleet" paint scheme, is the power for a business train sitting in San Bernardino before departure as execut... (more)

The 35,000-square-foot Main Concourse in New York City’s Grand Central Terminal is a spectacular space, particularly in the rush hours as commuters head to and from the terminal’s 44 platforms... (more)

Heading from Goleta, just west of Santa Barbara, to San Diego, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768 makes a stop in Fullerton. Led by Siemens SC-44 "Charger" 2109, one of two Surfline... (more)

It’s a rare treat to see a BNSF intermodal train in Fullerton! And in particular one with General Electric locomotives!!! After all, this line only sees about 40 of them per day here. In this... (more)

Hauling a train-load of merchandise from overseas is BNSF Intermodal Stack train S-LHGALT2-05 (Los Angeles Harbor’s Global Gateway South to Alliance TX) passes the signals controlling movements ... (more)