The conductor and engineer on the SP 9172 watch as we roll by on the Amtrak Mountain Outin Special up Tehachapi Pass. With the re-alignment of the siding, this view of the large distance between ... (more)

Santa Fe 8730 leads a trio of Chessie and B&O pool power westbound through the San Bernardino yards, while in the distance a westbound Southern Pacific freight is crossing the concrete bridge as i... (more)

The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F 518 and 517, is rolling westbound towards Bakersfield through Cable. I am taking this photo from ... (more)

Union Pacific 3985 is southbound out of Salt Lake City, heading to Provo. This is the trip in which the coal fired Challenger set many brush fires on the two days of excursions between the two ci... (more)

The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F 518 and 517, is rolling westbound towards Bakersfield through Cable. Railfans occupying vestibul... (more)

The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F 518 and 517, is rolling westbound towards Bakersfield as it approaches tunnel 1 on Tehachapi Pass... (more)

The 1979 Pacific Railroad Society "Mountain Outin" passenger special, with Amtrak SDP40F 518 and 517, is rolling westbound around the Caliente Curve towards Bakersfield. We rode the ent... (more)

The conductor rides Ferromex 4080 back into the Belen yard to couple on to their train, which they will take north to Albuquerque.

After dropping off cars it brought from Belen, the crew on the BNSF 5136 pull the power up the the Albuquerque yard office. Later they will take a string of freight cars back down to Belen.

The Saturday before Easter, 42 years ago, my father asked the Belen yardmaster if we could take some photos around the diesel service area. A short time later we were thrilled to be in the cab of... (more)

The engineer on FEC locomotive 510, waits in the Palm Bay siding for FEC rock train 336 to pass. Train 336 has left some rock cars on the main line for the engineer on locomotive 510 to pick up an... (more)

The engineer on Santa Fe 8787 proceeds very slowly on the north track past the derailment site located just north of Highway 138 in Cajon Pass. Heavy rain storms caused track damage and ATSF 3338,... (more)

BN 8073 has rolled over, the result of a derailment as the eastbound helper set exited tunnel 10 near the Tehachapi Loop. Freight cars derailed from the trailing locomotive to inside of Tunnel 10... (more)

Santa Fe 5916 is slowing down for a red signal at the Verdimont crossovers on Cajon Pass in order to let a hot intermodal Santa Fe train run around it.

Seven Santa Fe GP-35s lead an eastbound past the signals at Dagget. This is where the Union Pacific main line from Yermo connects to the Santa Fe.