Having finished up with the industries in Palaco, the Morning Local gets ready to head south east to Pascualitos and on to Parque Industrial Valle del Puebla. The wide right of way to the left of ... (more)

On the edge of Palaco, nearing Pascualitos, the FXE Morning Local finishes a pull from Fábrica de Jabón la Corona S.A. de C.V. (La Corona Soap Factory) being framed under a tree that has grown d... (more)

I'm sure I'm going to get some heat for my snark, but just having a bit of fun. Picking my mom up on Amtrak in Van Nuys, CA, I got in the car only to have Waze tell me that traffic meant the tr... (more)

A battery powered Joule locomotive, built in Brazil, shoves a long cut of stacks towards Terminal Island.

A Fort Worth to West Colton manifest is led by a freshly rebuilt DC to AC UP GE.

A train from Redlands to San Bernardino accelerates out of the Redlands station with San Gorgonio Mountain looming in the distance.

Nearing the summit of Beaumont Hill, a Forth Worth to West Colton manifest is knuckles down, screaming for air, as it grinds through Banning with Little San Gorgonio Mountain in the background.

A Redondo Beach bound train crosses over the busy intersection of Rosecrans and Aviation.

A BNSF local job heads past a puddle from the heavy rains on its run from El Segundo to Wilmington. The lead unit is an ultra-rare GP40X (now with its turbo pinned, it's classed a GP25).

Here's a roster view of one of Union Pacific's freshly rebuilt DC to AC locomotives.

A PHL Dock Job has just pulled a cut of cars from Berth 200 Yard and begins to shove them back towards Badger Bridge with the experimental Joule doing all the work.

The Watson to El Segundo local returns towards Watson, passing over Artesia Blvd in Lawndale. I removed a wire that made this shot impossible in film days. While I was at it, I removed some taggin... (more)

With a freshly rebuilt DC to AC GE leader, the Fort Worth Manifest pulls hard (but slow) through Cabazon as it fights the grade.

The BNSF YWAT2041 is seen from the Redondo Beach Metro station. The insane amount of wires are contributions of both Metro catenary and a number of high-tension power lines.

Technically there is probably one wheel of one car actually in Manhattan Beach, while the rest of the train is in Hawthorne, but Manhattan Beach is cooler. This is the weekend Relief Job that runs... (more)