On May 23, 1990, Santa Fe Railway’s first two GP60Ms made their first trip eastward out of Los Angeles, having arrived in California for the first time the day before. ATSF 100 and 101 were sti... (more)

The hills in the Tehachapi Mountains are a golden brown as a Southern Pacific freight rounds the horseshoe curve at Caliente on July 31, 1982. A quartet of SD40T-2 diesels, led by SP 8360, is pro... (more)

As BNSF railway intermodal train Z-LACLPK9-19 approaches the passenger station in downtown Fullerton, it is met by westbound intermodal train S-CLOSCO1-17 (Clovis NM to Thenard CA), led by AC4400C... (more)

As Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 564 passes through CP Maple in the city of Orange, California, Metrolink commuter train 683 departs the commuter station there. CDTX SC-44 2114 is leading the s... (more)

On February 28, 1998, a welded rail train was parked on one of the sidings at Basta, in western Fullerton, California. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Dash 8-40BW 521 (ex-ATSF 521) and ATSF GP40X 38... (more)

Three more Metrolink F125s are on their way to Metrolink’s Keller Yard in downtown Los Angeles, as BNSF train J-SXRLAC9-14 ferries SCAX 925, 941 and 906 from the EMD plant in Muncie IN to LA. T... (more)

BNSF Cut The Weeds Down! Departing the Fullerton Transportation Center is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768, just over halfway between its origination point of Goleta and its de... (more)

A trio of EMD diesels is parked at the Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard on February 16, 2020. UPY GP15-1 550 (ex-C&NW 4405), UP GP40-2 1469 (ex-SSW 7637) and UP GP40-2 1413 (ex-SP 7662, and st... (more)

Metrolink train 687 accelerates out of the station in Orange, California, as it carries commuters between Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo and Los Angeles. Metrolink F125 915 is shoving this train, ha... (more)

BNSF Railway train Q-NYCLAC6-12 rolls through Basta, a location west of the passenger station in Fullerton, California. A pair of Norfolk Southern diesels (NS AC44C6M 4223 and Dash 9-44CW 9751), ... (more)

Assigned to Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard is UP GP40-2 1413. This engine, teamed with GP40-2 1469 and GP15-1 Y550, is the last former SP GP40-2 still in SP colors (but with UP patches, obvi... (more)

Assigned to Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard is UP GP40-2 1413. This engine, teamed with GP40-2 1469 and GP15-1 Y550, is the last former SP GP40-2 still in SP colors (but with UP patches, obvi... (more)

Heading from San Diego to Goleta (just north of Santa Barbara, hence the inclusion of the larger city’s name in the destination board on the front – or, in this case, the rear – of "Cha... (more)

Holding on Track 2, waiting for a clear signal indication (a hot eastbound intermodal train just overtook it on Track 1), is BNSF ET44C4 3751 and its train – the Los Angeles to Barstow freight t... (more)

A colorful consist led Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train Z-WSPLAC7-30 when it was photographed at Martinez Siding, just east of Cajon Pass' Summit, making its way from Willow Springs I... (more)