A Worm With An Identity Crises. UP 5288 leads a 13,000-ton, loaded grain train carefully down Clear Creek Ravine and past the long abandoned Tunnel 4 on the 5,900-foot long train's decent t... (more)

With it's mid-train, "swing helpers" having just ducked into the darkness of Tunnel 5 in the background at Cliff, BNSF 8022 leads the headed of this snaking Fresno-bound grain train towa... (more)

While not covering the hills in masses like past springs have produced, splashes of color can still be found in the hills of Tehachapi as found here at Cliff. BNSF 7037 is seen breaking the silenc... (more)

Snaking Out of the Narrows. As the lush, green hills of Tehachapi slowly begin their turn to brown as temperatures across Southern California begin to feel more and more like summer - UP 76... (more)

A Snowy Departure In...Los Angeles? As a passing winter storm continues its trek across the southland, a deadheading set of two Metrolink train's eases out of the commuter rail agency's Cen... (more)

Snow In Los Angeles. Well, the closest any snow got to downtown Los Angeles that is. In this sunset scene at Union Pacific's "J Yard," the power for the YJY68R and YJY78R share the surprisi... (more)

The Remains of Taylor Yard. Passengers aboard Metrolink 906 are probably giving little to no attention to the once bustling Taylor Yard this afternoon as the train passes the remains of the... (more)

The T-Loop Going Green. The Tehachapi Loop is no exception to the rolling, green hills of the famed pass this winter as UP 5396 crosses over itself on its southbound assault toward the summ... (more)

AMTK 459, one of only two F59PHi's still on Amtrak property in Los Angeles (at the time the photo was taken), bathes in the morning light across from the Redondo turntable as it's prepared for its... (more)

Tehachapi Snow...What A Tease. The morning sun has crested the hills at Cameron and shines down toward Monolith as the BNSF 3753 leads its lengthy train from Stockton downgrade. While snow ... (more)

As one of the largest winter storms of the season departs Southern California for its trip into the midwest, a deadheading Metrolink double train-set ride the East Bank of Metrolink River Subdivis... (more)

Two Products of Alco - Steam & Diesel. Nevada Northern's famed pair of Alco diesels idle across from the depot this chilly afternoon as another, older, product of Alco - Nevada Northern No.... (more)

Catching the last rays of sunlight at Casmalia, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight hustles south with the last revenue run of the famed Pacific Parlour Cars sandwiched in the middle of this eveni... (more)

As snow across Tehachapi continues to slowly melt away at the base of the iconic windmills scattered across the hillsides, UP 8803 leads its southbound manifest downgrade into Cameron.

Trains and Planes Under Threatening Skies. A passing storm system dumps rain in the background across the high desert as PRLX works a cut of cars to the transfer point with Union Pacific's ... (more)