The "Valla Switcher" crosses BNSF's San Bernardino Sub at Los Nietos with 40 cars bound for Valla Yard. A GP60 and GP38-2 power today's train.

An incredibly short LA to Barstow manifest heads through Santa Fe Springs, passing a dead-on-the-law stack train. Sadly the more interesting locomotives in the consist are the H2 and H1 Dash 9s pl... (more)

Passing the Union Pacific’s Carmenita Yard is UP train M-WCAN1-06, the Anaheim Hauler. This train departed West Colton Yard at 4:35 am and got to Carmenita at 09:57 am as it headed to An... (more)

An intermodal train consisting of primarily single-stack containers is somewhat unusual in southern California, as is this train’s symbol: S-BARSCO3-08. Led by ES44DC 7324 and Dash 9-44CW 4173... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, bisects one of the most dangerous (and soon to be replaced with an overpass) grade crossings in the country, Rosecrans, Marquardt and Stage (w... (more)

A quartet of light engines has departed BNSF Railway’s Commerce Diesel Facility and is heading east to Porphyry, just east of Corona, California. There, these five locomotives (BNSF ES44C4 6552... (more)

OC Line train 661 crosses the UP diamond at Los Nietos with an MP36 shoving.

Metrolink 753 prepares to cross the UP Brea Chemical Lead at Los Nietos with an F59 shoving on the rear.

Metrolink 661 shoves towards LA as they cross the diamond at Los Nietos.

Amtrak 768 crosses the UP Brea Chemical Industrial Lead at grade at Los Nietos as they head towards San Diego.

Z-NYCLAC9 had no traffic in the way behind Barstow and LA County, and made it to Santa Fe Springs about 4 hours after getting started on the tail end of their trip to Hobart Yard. They're seen app... (more)

The Valla Switcher works the south end of Los Nietos Yard as the sun comes out at the perfect time to illuminate the GP15-1 leader.

The Valla Switcher crosses the BNSF San Bernardino Sub at grade with a pair of geeps as they shove towards Los Nietos Yard to swap cars.

The Valla Switcher works Los Nietos Yard with a pair of GP15s.

BNSF Railway Guaranteed Service Intermodal train Q-AUGLAC6-26 is powered by a trio of Dash 9-44CWs (4784, 4856 and 4438) and has only about 10 miles remaining in its journey from Austell GA to Los... (more)