As is often the case, on an October afternoon there was a string of westbound BNSF Railway freight trains sitting on the railroad’s Needles Sub east of Barstow, California, waiting for their turns... (more)

As a westbound double-stack train begins its descent down Cajon Pass, an eastbound piggyback train is about done with its ascent as it rounds the last curve into Summit on October 12, 2019. BNSF ... (more)

Heading from Barstow to Union Pacific’s West Colton Yard is a 23-car passenger train powered by UP 4014, a recently restored 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” steam locomotive. The train is seen crossing the Moj... (more)

Passing through a Cajon Pass landmark, the Mormon Rocks (created by the San Andreas Fault) is Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014, leading a 23-car passenger train from Barstow to the railroad’s West Col... (more)

Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 heads to the railroad’s yard in Yermo, California, on October 12, 2019. The 23-car train is now devoid of passengers, carrying only the crew, having unloaded them in ... (more)

Passing the Barstow, California’s impressive Santa Fe passenger station/Harvey House, named Casa del Desierto, is a Union Pacific 23-car passenger train powered by “Big Boy” 4014. The big ... (more)

Heading west out of Victorville, California, Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 meets an eastbound UP freight (UP M-WCOG-09) at Frost, the location of the Santa Fe’s “natural crossover.” This spot is whe... (more)

After passing through Summit, on BNSF’s Cajon Sub, Union Pacific train P-YRWC-09 crosses over to the UP’s Mojave Sub at Silverwood. This train, powered by UP 4-8-8-4 4014, marked the first time a... (more)

Rods Down and Rods Down!

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 is the largest, heaviest, and most powerful operational steam locomotive in the world. Between 1941 and 1944 the American Locomot... (more)

A westbound Norfolk Southern intermodal train meets an eastbound coal train at Cresson, Pennsylvania, on September 18, 2019. A pair of Dash 9-44CWs – NS 9411 and 9012 – are powering this train, w... (more)

A Union Pacific freight train (M-NPWC-02) leans into a curve at the southern end of Oro Grande, California. UP SD70ACe 8503, AC4400CWs 6261 and 5700 (with UP ES44AC 7351 as the rear DPU) are brin... (more)

Metrolink train 607, Oceanside to Los Angeles service, makes its stop in Orange, California on a foggy October 8, 2019, morning. With cab car 683 on the front, this train as a pair of F125 diesel... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 has arrived at the railroad’s West Colton Yard and is backing its 10-car train down the mainline to the western end of the yard, and then will head straight into the yar... (more)

On a foggy October 8, 2019, morning, Metrolink train 683 blends into its surroundings as it arrives at the station in Orange, California. Leased F59PH LTEX 18533 (ex-RBRX 18533, nee-GO Transit 53... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014, the recently restored "Big Boy," passes through Frost, the southern end of Victorville, California, on October 9, 2019.