Where It All Restarted - After serving the rails for 18 years, UP 4014, one of twenty-five Big Boys ever built, was retired from service. The 1.2 million pound steam giant would not see rev... (more)
2001 miles from its origination city (New Orleans, Louisiana) Amtrak train 1, the westbound tri-weekly Sunset Limited, makes its next-to-last station stop before arriving in Los Angeles. D... (more)
At 11:52 pm (23:42) on January 25, 2014, and the effort to get Union Pacific "Big Boy' 4014 out of the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds is about over. In the wee hours of January 26, Union Pac... (more)
A pair of Union Switch & Signal H-2 searchlight signals protect the mainline on the Union Pacific's Alhambra Subdivision atSpadra, in the city of Pomona, California, on July 5, 2017. (This is the... (more)