The Oil Cans enter Metrolink rails as they split the westbound CP-LAS POSAS signals in Moorpark.

UP's OWPDO "Oil Cans" head around the S-curve on the south end of the Carpinteria Bluffs on a gorgeous morning.

A sighting of the San Ardo cans this morning heading to Los Angeles.

The typically-nocturnal southbound oil cans make a daylight appearance in Santa Susana Pass on their way to the South Bay for unloading.

The southbound Cans, with five engines on the point, take the curve along the beach at Emma Wood State Park.

Empty cans and windmills.

Oilcans depart SLO

Morning Oilcans

Remarks: It took a bit of running to catch this shot, but i finally got the view of Stenner Creek Trestle with the Coasts signature train. Behind the oilcans, we see groves of avocados and wine gr... (more)

The cans pass around the famous horseshoe curve of the Cuesta Grade on a warm June morning.

Union Pacific 6269 Oil Can train departing from Main Street Bridge for Long Beach, CA.

Northbound Cans charge up the Cuesta Grade.

The oilcans move around the horseshoe curve, passing searchlight signals.

The empty Coast Cans work their way up Cuesta Grade between Chorro and Serrano on a breezy February morning. The recent rains have turned the hills green with new grass, a fact that the local cat... (more)

The oilcans have stalled and await the helpers for nearly three hours. Here they come after a crew was found to take them north, coupling to rear under the supervision of some goats