Perhaps it came west to escape the cold. Norfolk Southern's Pennsylvania Railroad Heritage unit, ES44AC 8102, threads its way through the reverse curves at Siberia, in California's Mojave Desert,... (more)

"Just" 10 hours 5 minutes behind schedule is Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief. Passing through Fullerton Junction, at the eastern end of the Fullerton Transpo... (more)

A GE trio leads an eastbound priority intermodal through Empire Ca.

A westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight train passes the Fullerton station behind SD45 5508 (ex-ATSF 1808), mated with an F45, an SD26 and another SD45. (Fullerton, California – ... (more)

A morning intermodal runs east through Riverbank Ca.

There is a lot going on here, so stay with me: For four days in late December (the 26th through the 29th), Metrolink had their entire commuter train system shut down. Much of this was because Lo... (more)

Locomotives representing both sides of the Southern Pacific/Union Pacific merger hustle the LA-bound Swift RoadRailer through Cougar, California in summer 1998.

An eastbound Southern Pacific train of lumber empties pulls the 1.4% grade through Cougar, California, helped by a rebuilt SD45 wearing the colors of the failed Santa Fe merger.

The Coast Starlight is running behind schedule as it pulls away from Mount Shasta on a summer morning in 1994.

No shortage of horsepower for this eastbound BNSF intermodal train as it's arriving to the town of Tehachapi. From there, tracks will go downhill until Mojave, where BNSF line will turn toward Bar... (more)

A pair of NS AC44C6Ms look quite out of place in the desert.

SP train number 2, the Sunset Limited, hustles at 40 MPH near Glendale California in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4141 is on the move with forty-eight car First 641 near Redding California in 1938. Otto's speed estimate on this westbound freight was 45 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ALRAY CA Sept 7 1983 — A TOFC-COFC train is led by ATSF SD40-2 5207 on its uphill journey in Cajon Pass. EMD delivered the unit (s/n 786153-8) in October 1978 painted in blue body with yellow wa... (more)

SP 4-6-2 2447 and SP 4-6-0 2376 are in charge of SP train 72 at San Luis Obispo California in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.