Everybody Likes a Picture with the Tea Kettle - As the morning sun illuminates it's workings, 3751 waits at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal (LAUST) while passengers board the many... (more)

Waving the Lantern - The conductor of the eastbound Southwest Chief signals with his flash light that it is time to leave the station and resume the two and a half day trip to Chicago ... (more)

In the Eastern Mojave at CP Klinefelter - An eastbound stack train meets a westbound autorack train at Klinefelter.

Meeting the BNSF at Dagget - A manifest train lead by UP 5429 rounds the turn at Dagget where it will roll off the north end of the UP Los Angeles Subdivision and onto BNSF trackage f... (more)

Climbing Ash Hill from the East - A manifest train with the blue BNSF #2047 (the Smurf) in the consist passes through the rock cut on the eastern approach to WBCS Ash Hill. This i... (more)

Welcome to Ludlow When one fans the Needles Subdivision, they always seem to end up in Ludlow. So like the obligatory shot of the Roy's sign in Amboy, here is the quintessential Ludow ... (more)

At the Bottle Farm on Old Route 66 The Kaiser Hauler rolls out of Barstow on it's way to the small yard near the old Kaiser Steel plant on the former A.T.&S.F. Pasadena Subdivision, now... (more)

Rollin Deep in the Eastern Mojave at Ibis Now my life is fulfilled, because I have seen EBCS Ibis. (For some reason I have always wanted to see Ibis, however it is not near a major hi... (more)

Down at Dusk - Passing Hill 582 [2011 Winter Solstice Study] The sharp lines of the Cajon ridge tops in the background and the harsh look of theRailroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Cajon Pass - San Bernardino County, California, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: NA
Photo Date: December 21, 2011

The Blue Hour at Hill 582 [2011 Winter Solstice Study] A westbound BNSF stack train approaches the intermediary signals at Hill 582 while the sun sets over the Pacific Ocean on the sho... (more)

Following Fred [2011 Winter Solstice Study] - The light from a FRED on a westbound auto train trace it's movement around the turn just west of Hill 582.

West Palm Springs - UP 7742 starts down the hill towards Indio after cresting the grade on the Beaumont Hill.

Shoving East Under Cloudy Skies - UP 844 shoves out out of the yard at West Colton under cloudy skies, on the way to Yermo California via the Cajon Pass. In the background is Slover Mou... (more)

Climbing the Grade Near Cajon Summit - 1950 - Well, it is not exactly 1950, but it very well could be if you ignore the the SD70ACe tagging along for the ride. Here, UP #844 climbs the... (more)

Afternoon Arrival - Nothing brings out a crowd like a steam engine. Here, #844 gets moving again after knocking down a light near the end of it's day long trip from Yuma Arizona along t... (more)