Snow is somewhat rare at Cajon, a bit under 3000-feet of elevation, but it does occur a few times per year. But the big storm of February 2023 dumped a lot of snow here, as it was dropping snowfl... (more)

Following three days of rain and snow, with snow falling at unusually low altitudes (about 1000-feet or so – it snowed in San Bernardino!) the previous day, BNSF railway train Q-LACLPC6-23L (Gua... (more)

Making a stop in Orange is Metrolink train 602, heading from Los Angeles to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. SCAX F125 907 leads this five-car train on this stormy day. (Orange, California – Febru... (more)

Climbing the grade out of San Bernardino as it heads for nearby Cajon Pass is BNSF High Priority Freight train H-WCLBAR1-19F – known as the "WickleBar" by crews. This day's WCLBAR is ... (more)

Thanks to a thus-far fairly wet winter, the hills of southern California are nice and green (and, sadly, much more burnable later in the year). It has even been wet enough that bright orange Cali... (more)

BNSF railway train Z-SBDALT4-19 is 25 miles into its trip from San Bernardino CA to Alliance TX as it rounds the iconic curve into Cajon Pass' Summit. This Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train has a... (more)

Freshly repainted Union Pacific AC4400CW 6474, teamed with three ES44ACs (UP 8090, UP 8250 and KCS 4680), brings train MOGWC-15 into the West Colton Yard, its destination, from Ogden, Utah. UP 64... (more)

Heading west into the setting sun, BNSF Railway train Z-LPKLAC6-17 passes Casa Blanca on the railway's San Bernardino Sub. This Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train is powered by BNSF ES44AC 5925, B... (more)

Elephant Style in San Timoteo Canyon

Climbing up and over Beaumont Hill, Union Pacific UPS Expedited Intermodal train ZLAMQ-19 makes its way from Los Angeles to Mesquite TX. UP ... (more)

Winding through the green hills of Riverside County is Union Pacific train MFWWC-16, heading to UP's West Colton Yard from Fort Worth, Texas, and passing the El Casco crossovers. This is former S... (more)

BREAKING NEWS!

A fleet of foreign spy balloons invades America!

Union Pacific train MOGWC-14, an Ogden UT to West Colton CA Manifest, passes under the cantile... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Southwest Chief, running 4 hours 26 minutes late. (Yorba Linda, California – February 18, 2023)

Union Pacific Railway local LDD77-15 awaits its crew as the sun rises. UP SD70Ms 5066 and 4949 are assigned to the train at this time. (Oakley, Kansas – July 15, 2022)

BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 4676 and 470 bring train Q-CHIPHX6-07 through downtown Kansas City (as if you couldn't tell from the iconic Western Auto sign). This Guaranteed Service Intermodal train is headi... (more)

Speeding from Boston MA all the way to Norfolk VA, Amtrak ACS-64 622 is pulling Northeast Regional train 93. The train is skirting the shoreline of an inlet, and the flock of Canada Geese ... (more)