A 1921-built product of the American Locomotive Company, UP 2564, a 2-8-2 "Mikado," was originally built for the Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad. It was traded to the Oregon Shortline R... (more)

Fillmore & Western Railway No. 3501, an ex-Pennsylvania Railroad GP 35, sways to and fro with an accompanying F7 as the two units lead "The Safety Train" east toward the town of Fillmore... (more)

BNSF 4718, still wearing its original "Warbonnet" paint in 2020, has come to a stop at Basta to wait for the passage of a number of trains, including the eastbound Southwest Chief. Racin... (more)

Santa Fe Lives On. You almost forgot what year it was when photographing this scene. Standing proudly against the dark, night sky is ATSF 108 wearing its resplendent warbonnet paint scheme ... (more)

Stars Under The Stars. Posed together at the Southern California Railway Museum beneath the night sky are SP 3100 (U25B), ATSF 108 (FP45) and the ATSF 999076. While COVID-19 might have put ... (more)

Stars Under The Stars. Posed together at the Southern California Railway Museum beneath the night sky are SP 3100 (U25B), ATSF 108 (FP45) and the ATSF 999076. While COVID-19 might have put ... (more)

An Exciting New Life Awaits...Three former Santa Fe passenger cars, SBRX 2523 / 2506 / 1161, are about to leave Arizona behind and enter their new home state of California as they cross the... (more)

Looking for ways to continue railroad operations despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Fillmore & Western Railway has looked to a new source of revenue in 2020 - storing railcars. These movements pro... (more)

Almost Home... A historic passenger car, SBRX 1517, might look a little rough around the edges after local "artists" in Los Angeles covered her with graffiti...but she is now just one more ... (more)

BNSF 7431, two additional motors on the point and a single DPU on the rear are doing all they can to lug a massive Galesburg, IL to Barstow, CA manifest upgrade at Siberia on a hot, summer afterno... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight, led today by the AMTK 510, cools its heels at San Luis Obispo as passengers enjoy a chance to stretch their legs and admire the unusual leader on their train t... (more)

AMTK 130, Amtrak's second Phase II anniversary unit, finds itself in an odd position as it bakes in the afternoon sun at Needles, Calf. The 19-year-old unit had been the trailing unit on this morn... (more)

Slicing through the smoke filled air, which has blanketed most of the San Fernando Valley as multiple brush fires burn across Southern California, AMTK 156 leads this morning's northbound Coast... (more)

Slicing through the smoke filled air, which has blanketed most of the San Fernando Valley as multiple brush fires burn across Southern California, AMTK 156 leads this morning's northbound Coast... (more)

With its afternoon chores complete, VCRR 2136 heads and its crew head for a break as they head north to park north to park across the railroad's water tower.