BNSF 7580 is the leader of five units being put together to lead an eastbound intermodal train originating at either Commerce or Hobart yard in Los Angeles.
BNSF stacks, lead by a H2 Dash 9, but including a KCS of Mexico and a primered KCS unit, pass by a tagged Santa Fe SD40u. Dash 9 #4787 was delivered by GE in June of 1998. KCS of Mexico AC4400CW... (more)
Over eight hours late, and with a BNSF Dash 9 leading, the Southwest Chief heads through Commerce. One of the P42s (113) was "Dead in Consist." When the second unit (116) broke down in route, at... (more)
Union Pacific E8A 931 and two B-Units lead train 103, the westbound City of Los Angeles, as it makes its final station stop, at the railroad's East Los Angeles station, before ending its tr... (more)
An old Penn Central gondola is holding some fairly large mainline track panels, in what almost looks like a model railroad setup. The car's reporting marks, SPSX are for Progress Rail Services Cor... (more)
Westbound stacks pull through the Metrolink station and past the Commerce Engine Facility. Watching westbounds at this location is exciting as you can see them for quite a distance and the head en... (more)
Can you tell that this engine has been through Los Angeles or does the graffiti on its side give it away.
DPUs pass through Commerce on an EB stack train.
East of Hobart Yard in Los Angeles, a heavy BNSF doublestack from the harbor prepares to depart east at CP Vail on the San Bernardino Sub.
A rainy night in the Los Angeles basin finds a pair of geeps parked across from the Commerce Metrolink station, about three miles east of BNSF's Hobart Yard.
new paint scheme.
Colorful "Warbonnet" Dash 9-44CW BNSF 730 glows in the late afternoon sun at the Commerce Maintenance Facility. Note the orange air conditioner unit, swapped out from a "Pumpkin" Dash 9.