SP U28Cs and other power idle on the ready track in West Colton Yard.

One of the crew members stands by as a set of cars are shoved back to hook up with CGLX 1382. They were busy moving cars around in the GATX Rail facility in Colton, CA when I stopped by after my ... (more)

GMTX 7000 was busy working in the GATX Rail Facility in Colton.

BNSF 7768 is the lead unit of the BNSF interchange train in the departure yard of Union Pacific's West Colton yard.

The daily rock train leans into the through-main curve at West Colton, led by UP #7997.

Two weather-worn SD60M's lead a short freight around the bypass track at West Colton.

Three members of the UP 4014 crew keep careful watch as the 4-8-8-4 negotiates the West Colton departure switches. The consist is lined for the balloon track ahead where it would enter 20 or so f... (more)

In a photo which helps one to understand the proportions of this locomotive, three crew members are seen riding the front porch of #4014. They were creeping along at slow speed, getting ready to ... (more)

Out for a stroll; UP 4014 was out and about in the West Colton yard accompanied by the UP employees working on the program and #7885, which was providing power. The behemoth was run through the d... (more)

Power for MWCFW (West Colton-Ft. Worth) pulls out and prepares to tack onto its train at West Colton.

The night before the historic move of UP 4014 from Pomona to West Colton, the departure yard at West Colton was quite active with normal operations.

An ACe leads the Salt Lake City-West Colton manifest into it's destination in the evening. The train is coming off the Mojave Sub, which it reached at the connector at Siverwood off BNSF.

A typical mix of local SP power mingled at SP then new West Colton, CA, engine facility.

One of only two SP engines that were painted in this experimental scheme, SP 7342 drops down off of the Palmdale Cutoff and soon will head into the large West Colton yard

Having just arrived back on home rails, the westbound Salt Lake City to Long Beach intermodal rounds the curve at Pepper Ave. behind the UP Heritage Unit. In the foreground, the MWCEC "El Centro H... (more)