After a shove move from Hawthorne, LOW20 arrives at Chevron to swap out some cars. The BNSF Harbor Sub can be seen at the foreground at what was once a Pacific Electric and ATSF diamond.

In a rare sight, both BNSF and UP's locals are switching their respective interchanges with Chevron's in plant switching operation in El Segundo. On the left, BNSF's "748" relief job, the Y-WAT104... (more)

Old veteran GP40-2 number 1413 is seen here running light past the Amtrak station in Ontario CA. This local job runs partially on Pacific Electric's line from San Bernardino to Rialto CA. 1413 is ... (more)

A trainload of contaminated soil heads west on the former Coalinga Branch. As another long, hot day in the San Joaquin Valley becomes evening, thunderheads are building over the Sierra Nevada to t... (more)

A "Walker Repo" takes the ex-Pacific Electric Walker Line, now UP La Habra Sub east to set out some baretables for storage as they cross the San Pedro Sub at grade.

There was a new train listed in the June 15, 1976, Amtrak timetable – trains 781 and 782, the Las Vegas Limited. This train departed Los Angeles at 1:30 pm on Fridays, and returned on Su... (more)

SJVR 2405, one of four new PR24B's on the railroad is found in downtown Fresno along the UP mainline.

San Joaquin Valley RR #2038, a GP20E, is eastbound west of Bakersfield at Rio Blanco on the Buttonwillow Branch. #2038 was built in 1962 as SP 7219, a GP20 and then later upgraded by Southern Paci... (more)

An ex-PC/CR extended cab GP38 has seen better days as it sits on a siding near Kern Jct. Unfortunately like many SJVR units, it's become a canvas for taggers.

SJVR 907 heads down the Buttonwillow Sub on their trip east towards Bakersfield with a couple geeps for power including a rare GP28 second out.

Super Chief-era Relics Prepare To Fall. The end of an era has finally arrived here in 2019 as original, Santa Fe Railway "R2" signals along the the famed Pasadena Subdivision have... (more)

A pair of GE's lead Amtrak's Southwest Limited into Pasadena

In the sizzle heat of summer down the San Joaquin Valley, a job on UP rails, by the SJVR, finds this southbound grainer approaching the Avenue 7 overpass on their way to the UP yard just a few mil... (more)

The SJVR Photo Line. An impromtu photo line has been formed by three of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad's units as they pose in the Bakersfield yard on a cloudy morning. Moving from lef... (more)

Operating on the old SP Coalinga Branch, a SJVR train crosses the Santa Fe in downtown Hanford. It was just another blazing hot summer afternoon in the valley.