UP 1586 pauses as another yard job shove back into the yard track next to it.

With a light rain falling, a crew working in the GATX Railroad facility pause to set the breaks on a string of cars that have been spotted in one of the shed tracks.

There was a lot of activity in the departure yard of Union Pacific's West Colton yard on a rainy night. A crew is working on BNSF 7703 to prepare it for departure to Barstow.

I stopped by Pepper Ave. after my class and found this old switcher working in the GATX Railroad facility.

UP 8149 sits on one of the yard tracks in the departure yard for the Union Pacific West Colton yard.

Fresh painted SD60 2402 leads the Mojave Flyer at Pepper Ave.

A pair of SP 628's were doing what ALCO's do throttling up taking a cut of cars out of SP's old Colton yard to the new West Colton yard.

RSSX 4016 at West Colton. Photo taken by UP Employee.

Brand new UP 8901 leads a westbound at Pepper Ave as it nears West Colton.

UP's Brooklyn intermodal drops down off the Palmdale Cutoff seen from the Pepper Ave overpass with a brand new GE.

UP SD60 #2396 at West Colton.

A Mesquite to LA stack train comes around the shoofly under the Palmdale Cutoff.

Letting the newborn lead - UP 8216 an ES44AH makes its maiden voyage to California leading the North Platte manifest into West Colton Yard.

UP 8768 leads this eastbound along BNSF rails near Colton.

2 KCS units lead this eastbound UP stack train on BNSF rails at Colton as it nears the Mt. Vernon connecter to lead it back to home rails and onto the Yuma Sub.