It is sunset, both literally and figuratively, for Amtrak’s long-distance trains, as on October 12, 2020, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, San Francisco Zephyr, Empire Builder an... (more)

BNSF Railway train R-CAL0081-30I, the "2nd La Mirada" local, is a local with a pair of former Santa Fe GP60Ms for power: BNSF 127 and 141. This train is heading back to the yard in La ... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 580 ferries passengers between Los Angeles and San Diego, with nine stops along the way. CDTX SC-44 "Charger" 2118 is leading this train on a hot (98ºF)... (more)

Twenty minutes after the westbound H-BARWAT passed through Fullerton, its eastbound counterpart, H-WATBAR9-30A, approaches the passenger station as it leaves the setting sun behind. Even on a hot... (more)

Each day, the near constant parade of intermodal trains on BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub through Fullerton is broken up by a few locals, as well as a pair of "loose car" freight trains: T... (more)

Metrolink train 606 (Los Angeles to Oceanside) rolls into the Fullerton Transportation Center under a gloaming sky on the last day of September. Metrolink F125 932 is one of forty on Metrolink’... (more)

Amtrak’s Southwest Chief, has operated as a daily train for nearly 50 years (although not always with that name, as it was originally the Southwest Limited). That ends in a couple... (more)

Metrolink train 321 is one mile into its 56½-mile trip from the San Bernardino Transit Center as it makes its first stop at the former Santa Fe passenger station. SCAX F125 910 is shoving on the... (more)

A Union Pacific "UPS, Expedited Intermodal" train (UP ZCIG2 28) climbs upgrade in San Timoteo Canyon after originating in the railroad’s Industry Yard (in the City of Industry) 52-mile... (more)

West Riverside, in downtown Riverside on the BNSF Railway’s San Bernardino Sub, is where the Union Pacific joins the BNSF for the 100.6-mile segment through San Bernardino, over Cajon Pass and j... (more)

Since 1992, Metrolink’s San Bernardino Line terminated at the former Santa Fe station, which is also a stop on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief. In 2010, plans for an extension to downtown San... (more)

BNSF Railway Dash 9-44CW 4694 and SD70ACe 8594 lead a train of empty cement covered hoppers. This unit train is symbolled U-SIOMQA4-03, heading from Sioux City IA to Minnequa CO. Click Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Akron, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4694
Train ID: BNSF U-SIOMQA
Photo Date: August 08, 2015

Metrolink train 604, making its way from Los Angeles to Oceanside, makes its stop in Orange. SCAX F125 918 is the power for this train. (Orange, California – September 25, 2020)

CSX Transportation’s St. Louis Line Subdivision, made up of segments of former parallel New York Central (east of Terre Haute IN) and Pennsylvania Railroad lines (west of Terre Haute). While Pe... (more)

Amtrak train 1, the westbound Sunset Limited, is due into Los Angeles Union Station at 8:30 am, but the train arrived much earlier as it was already in the station shortly after 7:00 am. B... (more)