Southern Pacific's SD38-2 locomotives were somewhat unique on the railroad when delivered in 1973, as they were ordered without the SP-standard signal lights on them - just the EMD-standard nose h... (more)

A five-unit set of GE ES44AC diesels backs into Union Pacific's West Colton Yard on July 3, 2012. The original red frame stripe is peeking through on the anticlimber of UP 5398. (The complete co... (more)

Southern Pacific GP9 3756 and Cotton Belt GP35 6650 are on the head-end of a West Colton to Los Angeles local as it rounds the balloon track to reverse direction after departing West Colton Yard i... (more)

Union Pacific train SYUWC 17 arrives at West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California on November 17, 2011. Scheduled for a Noon arrival, the train finally rolled in at 4:00!

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)

Southern Pacific Camera Car (aka Simulator Car) 8799 is a former Krauss-Maffei ML-4000 SP 9113 (nee-9010). The engine had it's prime mover removed and the front end was rebuilt to house movie cam... (more)

An interesting power set - Union Pacific ES44AC 7364, 3GS21B Y2719 and SD70M 5172 - backs down the lead at the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on a bright June 1, 2011 morn... (more)

Union Pacific train MWCDA 02, with SD90MAC 8199 for power (along with UP 9480), waits for a crew so the train can depart the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, for its trip to... (more)

Now relegated to yard service, former mainline power SD40-2 3516 (along with SD38-2 824, a former McCloud Railway diesel) builds trains in Union Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, Californ... (more)

Union Pacific train ZAILC 25 (UPS, expedited intermodal; Atlanta GA to Los Angeles CA), behind a trio of General Electric diesels - two Norfolk Southern diesels (9821 and 9023) and a UP diesel (76... (more)

The power for Union Pacific train MWCPX 27 (Merchandise, West Colton to Phoenix, AZ) moves through West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, in order to back onto the train. On the point of th... (more)

Mainline railroading in the west is generally a non-stop parade of wide-nosed diesels, so it is refreshing to find older hood units - even if they are in yard service. Here we see a trio of Union... (more)

Union Pacific train MWCDA 12 begins its journey from West Colton Yard (in Bloomington, California) to Dallas, Texas. But before the train even gets out of the yard, there are still empty windmill... (more)

The "flying saucer" lighting pinpoints this as Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard, even though these Radio Control Cars are clearly painted in Burlington Northern colors. In the late 1970s the S... (more)

Southern Pacific slug 1002 was constructed from SP 7811, an Alco C630. It worked with SD38-2s in West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, and is seen here on August 29, 1981.