By 1973, freight cars with the old Santa Fe logo (with pointy serifs on the letters) were already becoming rare. So whenever any 40' ice refrigerator cars with these logos showed up in Fullerton,... (more)

Soo Line's "Colormark" cars certainly lived up to the name! These colorful white, red and black cars were easy to spot among a train of dull brown freight cars. Built in May 1972, SOO 18496 was ... (more)

Think of refrigerator cars, and most railfans first think of Pacific Fruit Express, the joint venture of Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. But for some of us, the Santa Fe's large fleet of refr... (more)

How do you like your orange? Two orange GE's pass an eyestopping orange '08 Ford Mustang.

Illustrating why rear view mirrors are important in contemporary railroading, the Third La Mirada Brakeman communicates with his engineer via hand signals, to illustrate the distance remaining to ... (more)

Backing down a 50's era branch line past one of four active industries still served by rail, the Third La Mirada switch heads West towards the San Diego Sub. Spurs once extended off the branch ev... (more)

On the first day of 1981, Amtrak San Diegan #572 rolls into the station at Fullerton, California. The San Diego-bound train, comprised of F40PHR 293 and five Amfleet cars, is passing by th... (more)

Train #4 - The eastbound Southwest Chief (Train #4) arrives at Fullerton on it's way from Los Angeles to Chicago Illinois.

A July Evening at Fullerton - Metrolink Train 689 arrives at Fullerton on a beautiful evening in late July.

Baggage - Bags are loaded onto Train #4, the Southwest Chief at Fullerton California on a warm evening in late July.

I generally liked ATSF a lot but sometimes there aesthetic tastes were lacking. Not a CF7 but still possessing the same "ugly gene" this unit's empty sockets just say tacky.

BNSF 6927 leads a Z-train out of LA heading east towards the Midwest, with light fading quick.

As Amtrak #4, the eastbound "Southwest Chief," loads passengers in Fullerton, Conductor Finley checks his company-issued smart phone as he heads to the rear of the nine car train to make sure ever... (more)

After Amtrak #4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, departed Fullerton, California, the dozens (yes, dozens!) of railfans gathered there were treated to eastbound BNSF train O-LACLAC2-22A, a fi... (more)

Amtrak's Southwest Chief, Train #4, pulls into Fullerton on a Sunday evening. P40 #821 and P42 #169 are today's power.