After building their train in the Barstow yard, the Cadiz local highballs town as the crew begins their trip east in the cab of their cool, air conditioned B40-8W. Meanwhile, outside, the temperat... (more)

Following its return trip to Oakland from Sparks, NV, the privately owned passenger car "Virginia City" sits on the rear of Amtrak 5's consist as seen from the inspection pit running the... (more)

Catching the last rays on sunlight on this summer evening, PHL61 banks into the curve with a cut of stacks near the Tesoro Logistics at Terminal 2

Exiting the eastern portal of Tunnel 27, a 924-foot long bore through the rocks of Santa Susana Pass, HCLX 1835 leads the morning's run of the LOF41 back to Gemco as seen from a perch that is only... (more)

Curving into the morning sunlight, UP 1996 leads a West Colton-bound manifest through the towering Mormon Rocks as it drops downgrade toward Cajon Junction.

Racing along the flats at Monolith on the final stretch of grade toward the summit of Tehachapi Pass, AMTK 156 leads a four-car Amtrak special carrying exiting Amtrak President Joe Boardman as he ... (more)

Splitting the intermediate semaphore signals at Bernal, located just west of Chapelle, AMTK 181 charges west with the Southwest Chief as it climbs toward the summit of Glorieta Pass along the join... (more)

In a timeless scene of steam in Southern California, Santa Fe 3751 slowly backs off the Redondo turntable and onto the coupling track as it heads for North Yard to join the display equipment waiti... (more)

Working upgrade at Warren, NS 1020 with frozen oscillating ditch lights and a fellow NS unit slug their empty rail train past a derelict, forgotten Southern Pacific gondola resting upside down in ... (more)

Rolling out of San Luis Obispo just a few minutes down, Amtrak 790, lead by the AMTK 510 with the private car "Silver Splendor" directly behind it, passes the site of the Southern Pacific (SP) rou... (more)

Crawling through a Form A at Monolith in the late afternoon light, UP 2619 leads a colorful, Elsey-bound empty Herzog ballast train upgrade the final mile toward the summit of Tehachapi.

A Manned Helper in 2017 - What appears to be the UP 7620 leading the eastbound QRVWCB-30 upgrade through Woodford past the still standing water tower foundations that once served thirsty steam loc... (more)

It's the first day of the new year, 2017, as BNSF 7993 leads the V RICELP4-31 upgrade through the Tehachapi Loop on its journey toward the summit of the pass. Woking hard as the second unit on thi... (more)

On the first day of the new year, a solid set of NS units grace the front of an empty rail train bound for Port Stockton as they drift downgrade through Woodford amiss spotty snow blanketing Tehac... (more)

Pausing for work in Kings Park, Local 313 prepares to break away from its train to drop off the rear two units as the new local power for Kings Park prior to picking up more cars for the trip down... (more)