BNSF Railway train Q-NYCLAC6-12 rolls through Basta, a location west of the passenger station in Fullerton, California. A pair of Norfolk Southern diesels (NS AC44C6M 4223 and Dash 9-44CW 9751), ... (more)

Assigned to Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard is UP GP40-2 1413. This engine, teamed with GP40-2 1469 and GP15-1 Y550, is the last former SP GP40-2 still in SP colors (but with UP patches, obviou... (more)

Assigned to Union Pacific’s West Anaheim Yard is UP GP40-2 1413. This engine, teamed with GP40-2 1469 and GP15-1 Y550, is the last former SP GP40-2 still in SP colors (but with UP patches, obviou... (more)

Heading from San Diego to Goleta (just north of Santa Barbara, hence the inclusion of the larger city’s name in the destination board on the front – or, in this case, the rear – of "Charger&q... (more)

Holding on Track 2, waiting for a clear signal indication (a hot eastbound intermodal train just overtook it on Track 1), is BNSF ET44C4 3751 and its train – the Los Angeles to Barstow freight tha... (more)

A colorful consist led Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train Z-WSPLAC7-30 when it was photographed at Martinez Siding, just east of Cajon Pass' Summit, making its way from Willow Springs I... (more)

Union Pacific freight train M-NPWC2-22 passes through the iconic Mormon Rocks, dusted with snow, as it ticks off the last few miles of its journey from North Platte, Nebraska, to West Colton Yard,... (more)

A cut of three tank cars rolls by the locomotives of BNSF local L-CAL0081-12, the Second La Mirada, as the crew performs a "flying switch" move. The engines needed to get on the east end of these... (more)

Union Pacific NW2 1081 was built in April 1948, and photographed in the railroad’s East Yard in Commerce, California, on March 30, 1983. This is not the original paint job, but still, the 35-year... (more)

Southern Pacific’s Buena Park Local, having picked up a cut of cars (40’ box cars!), departs Buena Park, California, in April 1973. A trio of GP9s, of which SP owned over 300, are up front – SP 3... (more)

In the early days of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad’s existence, it was often hard to tell that the Burlington Northern and the Santa Fe had merged. Such was the case on October 9, 199... (more)

Something no longer seen on passenger trains today are the wisps of steam that, on cooler days, enveloped much of the train. Amtrak SDP40F 503, powering San Diegan 770, is clearly equipped with a... (more)

Sitting in the backshop of Santa Fe’s San Bernardino Shops are half of the railroad’s TR4 "cow and calf" sets: TR4A 1418L and TR4B 1418A. Having worked most of their lives in Argentine... (more)

A Southern Pacific train enters the railroad’s West Colton Yard after traversing Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Cutoff. This eastbound train is led by a pair of Union Pacific SD40-2s (3213 and 3235),... (more)

As Amtrak train 2154, a high-speed Acela Express, passes through Branford, Connecticut, the Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) in the pond adjacent to the tracks barely take notice. T... (more)