Kicking cars at Smith Avenue, we are close to Mile Post 4.2 on the Union Pacific Los Nietos Subdivsion. In Southern Pacific days, this was Mile Post 500.7 on the Puente Branch. SP never saw a Ge... (more)

A pair of Union Pacific 3GS21B locomotives, numbers 2724 and 2747, rest at the West Anaheim Yard after operating down to Huntington Beach earlier in the day. These locomotives were both built by ... (more)

UPY 2717 works the Riverside Lead Local above the Santa Ana River, which is currently dry. OK, it's almost always dry. In the background is the huge Portland Cement Plant next to the West Colton Y... (more)

Posing for its portrait, Pacific Harbor Lines 3GS21B 31 is ready for shipment. The six-axle gensets for PHL are in-process and it looks like SD40 frames and trucks are being used as platforms f... (more)

A pair of new generation switching locomotives handle a cut of cars at the west end of the former SP yard at City of Industry.

An unpainted genset leads a CN Geep 38 pulling cars out of the yard

The local power rests on the engine spur in Anaheim. The usual SW1500s, GP38-2s, and GP15-1s have been replaced with 3GS21Bs now.

A southbound unit grain train passes a local on the yard lead just before sunset.

A local pulls out of a spur that serves a grain elevator onto the Ft. Worth Sub main line.

UPY 2704 works the 4th Street yard along the east bank of the Los Angeles River.

Union Pacific Baby Tunnel Motor and Genset kick cars at the 4th Street Yard alongside the Los Angeles River. The LA River bridges offer some terrific views for those who enjoy real urban railroad... (more)

Street running in Anaheim, CA. UPY 2733 & 2736, along with CCRCL "Sled" UPY 166, are just coming out of the turn from Santa Ana St. onto Olive St. headed southbound with a string of seven cars. ... (more)