San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society Chief Mechanical Officer, Bob Kittel, looks over the crossheads of Santa Fe 3751 as it carefully backs onto the Redondo turntable for a short spin. The i... (more)

Basking in the evening light at Redondo Junction, the latest series of passenger locomotive technology stands ready to enter service in Southern California as an old guard, an ex-Santa Fe Railway ... (more)

The private cars Silver Splendor and Pacific Sands sit on the rear of Amtrak's outbound Sunset Limited this evening as they prepare to embark on a spring cross-country trip.

WP 3551 and UP 1226 sit in the UP East Los Angeles yard on another hazy day. Back in those days, the word "smog" could be easily be used instead of the "hazy". Photo taken wi... (more)

WP 3532 is painted in UP Armor Yellow, but has Western Pacific on the side. It is the 4th of July, and I came across this unusual locomotive in the diesel service area in the UP East Los Angeles ... (more)

Santa Fe SD45R 5376 with SD40-2s 5042, 5129 and F45 5955.

Union Pacific 1085 takes a break at the top of the hump track in the East Los Angeles Yard. Photo taken with permission.

Seen at the diesel service area in the East Los Angeles yard, Union Pacific 8073 was part of the Fast 40 series of SD40-2s, used on the high priority intermodal trains, and were usually paired wit... (more)

Take A Spin On Your Anniversary. In preparation for its trip to Chicago later today as the trailing unit on the eastbound Southwest Chief, AMTK 822, wearing one of the commemorative paint s... (more)

Union Pacific DD40 6909 sits with a trio of UP 8000 series SD40-2s in the diesel service area in the Los Angeles yard. Photo taken with permission.

Having some electrical work done, AMTK 503 finds itself on one of the Redondo turntable's whisker tracks this morning as the ex-ATSF cantilever signal bridge here stands sentinel in the background... (more)

As the sun closes in on the horizon to bring another day in Southern California to a close, UPY 2715 and a sister 3GS21B rest in Union Pacific's "J" Yard as the iconic Sears building sta... (more)

Basking in the afternoon light at Redondo Junction, CDTX 2109 and 2110 rest on one of the 13 active "whisker" tracks the ex-Santa Fe Railway turntable still offers Amtrak for its locomotive mainte... (more)

Enjoying a break between trips, AMTK 459 rests at the Redondo turntable prior to be pressure washed and sent back out for duty.

Rounding the bend in the Redondo Flyover, Amtrak 1588 departs Los Angeles for another trip south to San Diego.