Amtrak 1567 departs San Clemente Pier.

Metrolink 325 splits the I-10 in Alhambra.

Metrolink 315 sails through BNSF's Kaiser Yard in Fontana with a F59PH trailing the train with marker lights shining. On the left, BNSF R-CAL2011-19I builds an outbound Kaiser Hauler that will hea... (more)

After hitting the top of the grade at CP-Crest, Metrolink 267 heads downhill towards Palmdale with it's BNSF unit trailing.

SCAX 922 prepares to lead a westbound train out of Moorpark on a warm, spring day.

The 8AM Switcher shoves to Borax on a hot summer morning.

The YPSW08 0800 Switcher gets their day started with a shove down the street to US Borax to switch out cars to and from the mine in the Mojave Desert at Boron. PHL's four 4-axle gensets seem to be... (more)

One of the afternoon PHL Switchers takes a cut of cars which had been delivered from BNSF's Watson Yard earlier in the day and breaks them into cuts with the EMD GP22ECO demonstrator for power.

YPSW24 heads down the Reyes Spur with EMDX 7101 for power.

The 1430 Switcher shoves down the Reyes Spur. The crew noted to me that while the engine looked cool, it's performance didn't quite match!

One of the aging F59 fleet leads Metrolink 121 out of CP-Raymer after meeting Amtrak 790. They're seen passing under the former Busch Gardens pedestrian bridge. As anyone whose been in this area c... (more)

YPBN10 brings an outbound BNSF stack train out of Terminal Island and towards Long Beach, where more cars will be picked up before the train is handed off to a BNSF road crew.

The Reyes Switcher makes a detour at the beginning on their shift as they shove a cut of cars down the street to US Borax before heading up to the Reyes Industrial Lead.

814 passes over Peters Channel in Tustin.

A weekend Amtrak California train passes two stored dash-8s in Oakland. The last time i recall these units being used was during the aftermath of the Montecito Fire in 2018. Heavy rains following ... (more)