With some 10 tank cars and a caboose (serving as a buffer car) on the drawbar, Fillmore & Western's motive power for today made up of a GP35 and F7A trundle down the jointed rails of the ex-Southe... (more)

As the rear of its train clears the Highway 126 grade crossing, FWRY 3501 leads a short string of inbound LPG tank cars for storage as it approaches the semaphore signals at the "Loose Caboos... (more)

A Scene From "Old California." A far cry from plying the rails of its first owner, the Pennsylvania Railroad (ex-PRR 2262), this GP35 still earns its keep now on the Fillmore & Western Rail... (more)

A Little Los Angeles History Hangs On. Making its final descent into Los Angeles, Metrolink 753 drops off the northern end of the Redondo Flyover as it passes Amtrak's locomotive maintenanc... (more)

Let's Try This Again... On April 29, Amtrak's second Phase II anniversary unit, AMTK 130, was leading Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight through the Central Coast agriculture community of ... (more)

Rocking back and forth down the overly worn out right-of-way that makes up the PG spur in Oxnard, UP 1053 and a fellow GP60 make their way back toward the mainline with a single CNW boxcar.

With its work on the PG spur complete, UP 1053 prepares to enter the mainline once more for the trip to Camarillo. This ex-SP GP60 is still wearing it's Southern Pacific "Speed Lettering"... (more)

Making its triumphant return to Southern California after leaving in 2014, and now fully operational, UP 4014 eases across one of the two iconic steel bridges located just east of Victorville as t... (more)

Once a rare sight to see on the point of any type of train in California, a BNSF SD70ACe has become yet another common sight like this evening's passage of the BNSF 9317. After patiently waiting f... (more)

Something For Everyone. Making an unusual trip out of Los Angeles on the point of a train, AMTK 510 guides this morning's Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, into Simi Valley ... (more)

Rumbling through downtown Ventura, AMTK 510 lets everyone in this small, costal community hear it's unique, hybrid horn as it approaches the 541-foot-long bridge than crosses US 101.

Making good time on its southern trip down the rails that the famous Daylight passenger train once plied, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight races across the 811-foot-long Gaviota trestle.... (more)

Having just met its northbound counterpart, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight is back on the move and up to track speed as it races through the vineyards at Edna as it heads for the coast.

Located in the hills of north of San Luis Obispo, the 5,100 foot long siding of Chorro is one of two, current locations between San Luis Obispo and Santa Margarita where trains can meet if necessa... (more)

As the morning light continues to warm the floor of the Central Valley of California, BNSF 7161 hustles a southbound (railroad east) baretable train over the Merced River at Cressey.