Seven light units head from Hobart to Commerce Diesel. These GEVOs are the standard power on the BNSF Transcon these days and are by far the most common type of engine seen in these parts.

A Gold Line train of Breda cars comes around the curve in Chinatown on its way to Los Angeles Union Station.

The last loaded oil cans of the year head through Downtown Burbank.

A ragged looking consist of SD60Ms (weren't these things just brand new?) builds its train at Gemco in preparation for a run up the coast to Oxnard and Guadalupe. Unfortunately for the crew (and s... (more)

As much as I miss the eSPee (and the SP was already gone when I took this image) the dirty locomotives did become a bit of a grind after awhile. Here a pair of rebuilt SD45s sit in Dolores Yard ba... (more)

Over eight hours late, the Southwest Chief pulls into Fullerton behind a rare (for these parts) BNSF ES44AC (we just get the DCs and C4s - and on freight).

A true over-and-under shot as both trains are moving! A Los Angeles bound Blue Line train passes over a second section Global Four with a surprise second unit, Olympic Torch #2001 at one of the ve... (more)

A former Southern Pacific AC440CW sits close the the very spot where I saw my first ever SP AC4400CW about eighteen years earlier. Nice to see the faded bloody nose keeping the old SP yard eSPee a... (more)

Power from the Brooklyn heads through Soto Junction on its way to East Yard.

The skyline peeks through the haze (or peaks through, frankly) on a warm December morning above the Amtrak 8th Street Facility.

Former New Haven railbus now in service as a Sperry Rail Services diagnostics car heads up the Conrail River Line on a crisp clear day.

A Conrail local passenger train stops at Croton North behind a pair of Penn Central/MTA FL9s.

A repainted SD70MAC with new boxcar logo visits Southern California with a CSX/UP run through train. Here is passes through the S-curve at Ordway.

The family edition of the annual BNSF Christmas train races back towards San Bernardino, passing under the signals at Verdemont behind a nice looking C4.

The family edition of the annual BNSF Christmas train crest Cajon Summit just seconds from the end of this particular run. The train will soon change ends and then head back down the hill to San B... (more)