A trio of Santa Maria Valley Railroad locomotives have cut off the train the brought from Santa Maria and are positioning themselves to pick up cars from the Union Sugar Beet plant in Betteravia. ... (more)

Baldwin-Palooza!

A trio of Baldwin diesels sit adjacent to the California Western Railroad’s enginehouse. CWR RS-12 56 (ex-McCloud River 33) is on the far end, coupled ... (more)

Two Heritage, No Waiting!

Earlier this month, Amtrak 3 arrived behind P42DC 184 (on the 9th) and then 130 (on the 10th), and today (the 28th) they both arrived again, but now on ... (more)

Canadian Pacific GP38-2 4509 (ex-Milwaukee Road 359, and still in Soo Line paint) and CP/SOO caboose 17 are stationed in front of the depot, awaiting their call to duty switching local industries ... (more)

A former Soo Line business car, built in 1921, brings up the markers (in this case, old school marker lights) as Amtrak San Diegan 578 rushes through the city of Orange on its way from Los ... (more)

Heading east on Norfolk Southern’s Chicago Line is a CSX freight behind a pair of GE ES44ACs: CSXT 5215 and 5220. (Hammond, Indiana – September 24, 2021)

Union Pacific train LOA32 has just gotten onto Santa Ana Street, which it will travel down the middle of for a mile before turning south and traveling another half-mile down the center of Olive St... (more)

It was the Seventies. A time when one could pull into a service station and the attendant would fill your tank, check the air and oil, and wipe your windshield. And all for 39.9¢ per gall... (more)

Chicago Burlington & Quincy SD9 346 was built by EMD in May 1955. By 1985, the 30-year-old locomotive had lost its signal lights and gained a Cascade Green and black paint job for subsequent owne... (more)

The morning's "May Gray" overcast has just burned off and it is a pleasant 73ºF (23ºC) as BNSF Railway's freight to San Diego, the H-BARSDG1-17A, passes through the Metrolink station (... (more)

The conductor on Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 785 (San Diego to Goleta) has detrained in order to flag the Palm Avenue grade crossing on Metrolink’s Orange Sub. This train is running about 9... (more)

Dropping down the original California Southern Railroad 1885-built grade across Cajon Pass, Santa Fe C30-7 8094, SD45 5396, SD40-2 5206 and Burlington Northern SD40-2 6353 are a nice mix of diesel... (more)

Southern Pacific U33C 8707, built in late 1971 by General Electric, sits in the railroad's West Colton Yard. This order, SP 8688 through 8727 (as well as the following order, 8728 through 8737), ... (more)

BNSF train U-FTMKCK1-16 (a Fort Madison, IA to Kansas City, KS unit train of wind generators) pauses at the railroad's 10th Street Yard. The train is headed for interchange with the Union Pacific... (more)

Locomotives are needed in Los Angeles, which explains why BNSF Railway D-BARLAC3-09 (Light Engines, Barstow CA to Los Angeles CA) speeds through Basta, at milepost 163 (two miles west of Fullerton... (more)