Engineer Bob Mellor prepares to take to take Amtrak 777 out of Simi Valley. Of special interest to model railroaders, today's train includes a long-distance sightseer lounge car in the consist, wh... (more)

Orange Empire RSD-1s 1975 and 1956 at the Southern California Railway Musuem.

Pacific Electric Brill Hollywood Car heads back to Carbarn 4 at the end of the day of excursion run, passing a wigwag signal on the museum grounds.

The calm before the storm. The sun rises on storm clouds rolling into Southern California on what is to be the first substantial rain in California since last winter. Though it won't cure the drou... (more)

The Mojave Northern's midday rock train returns west with an ex-UP SD60 leader.

Northbound San Joaquin 713 speeds toward Stockton Ca.

Built by St. Louis Car in 1921, the H Type cars were the first all steel and first MU capable cars on the Los Angeles Railway. This car is fully restored to its 1930 appearance and is seen here as... (more)

Power lays over at Berth 200 Yard as the YPSW01 Interchange Switcher brings a cut of autos off the San Pedro Sub bound for UP at Dolores.

Metrolink 265 passes CP-Crest with a BNSF AC4400 on the rear.

This battery operated trolley runs in the Los Angeles California mall, The Grove, and is built on the chasis of a Boston PCC car. It is pretty whimsical in design and very popular, running from th... (more)

YPSW14 shoves up the Manuel Sub with the one and only Progress Rail rebuild PHL 40 for power.

A closeup look at PHL's lone PR30C, PHL 40.

A UP Dock Job heads down UP's Dolores Industrial Lead, more commonly known as the "Old Main Line", with 15 cars.

One of two NRE 3GS21C's built (both for PHL), PHL 80 trails one of the more common MPI units on lite power that just moved a cut of containers from Pier A to Terminal Island to build an outbound t... (more)

The 0800 UP Dock Job shoves a train into Dolores, as seen splitting a pair of a signals at BNSF Crossing, where the Harbor Sub connects with the Alameda Corridor.