Southbound Union Pacific ES44AC no. 2266, Holds the siding for the passing of northbound Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner No. 777 to San Luis Obispo.

Built by the American Locomotive Company in June 1955 as Southern Pacific 1050, this T-6 locomotive was renumbered 1217 in 1965. With 82 on the roster, SP owned more ALCO S-6 locomotives than any... (more)

A UP manifest heads north through Jack London Square.

UP 1867 builds an outbound train at Pepper Ave.

With a brief break in storm systems slamming California, sunshine for a few hours this morning netted several eastbound trains heading up Beaumont Hill, seen here as 8735 leads at Redlands.

First train of the New Year for me. Eastbound MWCTU just east of Cabazon at Mons.

Three different kind of diesel locs.

Double stack train snakes uphill between Caliente and Bealville.

UP 8608 leads 4 other units as they struggle upgrade at Mons, east of Cabazon on a very windy afternoon.

Nearly seven years after receiving the red and yellow colors of the proposed Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger, Southern Pacific SD45R 7564 is showing some wear and tear when found in Dolores Yard ... (more)

An eastbound lumber drag on the Modoc Line is about to make a 180 degree change in direction at Indian Camp Loop. This train is around five miles into the climb from Likely to Sage Hen.

UP 7370 sits as lead locomotive for a train waiting on its crew to take it out of the yard at West Colton.

UP 8503 slowly eases across the Mojave River into Victorville as it utilizes one of the two steel trusses here that would be on to be scrapped and replaced with concrete structures in the years fo... (more)

This odd structure once stood at Sage Hen on the Modoc Line. Not long after Rio Grande Industries acquired Southern Pacific in fall 1988, an eastbound passes the shack.

UP 6720 leads a 5 unit lashup on an eastbound manifest at Redlands. This train later broke apart just east of Hinda.