Heading South! With a freight train in tow, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin 10-wheeler #18 slowly rolls through the yard at Laws, California, heading south on a morning run to Owenyo and Kee... (more)

Moving museum pieces. With the exception of the museum's Brill Motor Car, all of the other pieces of railroad equipment at California's Laws Museum are normally static displays. Many of t... (more)

A crewman hops aboard Sierra Railroad No 2666 after stopping traffic on Briggs Road.

Sierra Railroad No. 2666, shoves a cut of Covered Hoppers past the Santa Paula Station to a storage area.

With the gates not working, the crossing over Briggs Road is flagged by a crewman. Sierra Railroad No. 2666 with a cut of hoppers waits to cross over.

NPCU 90218 leads southbound San Joaquin 711 through Escalon Ca.

Yard moves. The early morning servicing of the Southern Pacific Railroad's narrow gauge Locomotive #10 continues in the yard at Laws, California as she pulls away from the water and oil tan... (more)

A little railfanning while driving a friend to survival school.

An inbound N Judah train approaches a stop in the Inner Sunset neighborhood

A Baltimore Transit adorned PCC passes me on the F Market heritage line

We've had an Indian Summer of cowl units on Metrolink, as a number of once removed from service F59PHrs are running in regular rotation again.

California has been inundated with rain from with Atmospheric Rivers coming across the Pacific Ocean this Winter. A large storm cell dumps rain on Ventura and along the Coastal Mountains as the ea... (more)

Sierra Northern switch job returns from Riverbank Ca. to Sierra Northern terminal in Oakdale Ca.

Back in 1997 I had an absolute dream job (except for the lower than expected pay and the drive to Burbank and home each day which probably took ten years off my life). Still, I was working at NBC,... (more)

Arriving at Los Angeles Union Station 1 hour 12 minutes behind schedule (because it arrived in San Luis Obispo 1 hour and 5 minutes late) is Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight.... (more)