The Miller Brewery in Irwindale needed an unusual weekend switch this past Saturday so BNSF called a weekend Extra Kaiser, which ran light from Kaiser Yard to Irwindale on a crystal clear day.

Someone has been clearing out new spots along Monoco Hill in Lawndale. Here we see the BNSF First Watson job passing through a freshly opened area.

A hot eastbound pig train roars off Ash Hill and hustles across the flat towards Amboy.

The First Watson job climbs Monoco Hill on its way between refineries (having just worked Chevron in El Segundo and about to work the Torrance Refinery in Torrance). Apparently this is one of the ... (more)

BNSF 1444 (SD60M) leads a colorful trio in the Denver Yard

BNSF 147, sporting a remarkably sharp coat of "Super Fleet" Warbonnet paint, heads up the 2nd Watson as it rolls out of the Watson Yard in Wilmington.

It's a long, rigorous district running from Needles to Winslow. On a Saturday morning ATSF 115 East hustles through the old division point of Seligman as it makes a run for the Arizona Divide.

The Second Watson is at track speed as it nears its final destination in Torrance on a beautiful and temperate summer evening.

A freshly rebuilt and repainted GP60M (GP60M-3) leads the Second Watson behind the temporarily cleaned up homeless encampment between the Vermont and Harbor Freeway overpasses.

The Y-WAT1011, better known as the "First Watson" rolls upgrade through Lawndale on it's way to the Exxon Mobil plant near Torrance.

The 2nd Watson rounds the curve out of West Carson as it passes one of the many drilling operations around southern LA County. Santa Fe power has been the norm so far this year on the various yard... (more)

The Harbor Sub in Torrance contains a stretch of trackage where the main runs in between a thick row of trees along the right of way. Known as the "Jungle", it provides a unique backdrop... (more)

The 2nd Watson crew is illuminated by a convenient last second showing of the sun as it heads west with a couple fallen flag survivors leading the way.

The Second Watson passes under the 110 and is about to pass under Vermont Blvd. on its way up to Alcoa Yard in Torrance where it will switch out a few industries.

The Second Watson heads north through Wilmington on its way up to Alcoa Yard in Torrance where it will switch out a few industries.