Deep in the heart of Soledad Canyon, detouring northbound Amtrak train #14 passes the siding at Ravenna on the Metrolink Valley Subdivision in Soledad Canyon.

With the cement plant at Monolith in the distance, detouring northbound Amtrak train #14 passes Summit Switch located just east of the town of Tehachapi.

Detouring northbound Amtrak train #14 approaches the former location of Russ siding on the Metrolink Valley Subdivision in Soledad Canyon.

Descending the Palmdale Cutoff into West Colton, a pair of SD70M's approach Pepper Ave. with a westbound ballast train.

Making good use of the bypass track at Pepper Ave, a westbound intermodal rolls through West Colton on its way to the Los Angeles harbor.

A UP Los Angeles basin hauler rounds the balloon track at Pepper Ave. and begins its trip west on the Alhambra Sub.

Passing beneath the signal bridge at EBCS Verdemont on the Cajon Sub, a westbound BNSF manifest freight coasts downgrade toward San Bernardino.

Heading west on the former Santa Fe Pasadena Sub. the BNSF City of Hope Christmas Train rolls through the foothill town of San Dimas, passing the ex-ATSF depot which is home to the Pacific Railroa... (more)

With the train crew having swapped ends at Rancho Cucamonga, the BNSF City of Hope Christmas Train returns west to Duarte under overcast skies in Glendora, and passes underneath one of the most ic... (more)

Approaching the Miller Brewery at Irwindale and soon Duarte, the westbound BNSF City of Hope Christmas train works down the small grade through Azusa on the ex-ATSF Pasadena Sub.

Arriving at Duarte, the BNSF City of Hope Christmas train slows to stop along Duarte Rd., and will soon board children from City of Hope Hospital for a trip on the ex-ATSF Pasadena Sub to Rancho C... (more)

The BNSF City of Hope Christmas Train passes a renovated citrus packing house along the old Santa Fe Pasadena Sub in La Verne located in the eastern San Gabriel Valley. The train is carrying child... (more)

Just west of the ex-Santa Fe depot in Pomona, the BNSF City of Hope Christmas Train returns to San Bernardino on the old Santa Fe Pasadena Sub. The train will switch over to Metrolink trackage at ... (more)

Passing the small ex-ATSF depot in Azusa, the BNSF City of Hope Christmas Train heads east on the old Santa Fe Pasadena Subdivision to Rancho Cucamonga. This continues a tradition started by the S... (more)

Just west of the Lugo crossovers on BNSF's Cajon Sub, the UP 844 steam special finds sunlight in the high desert approaching the Hesperia area.