Blue Numberboards in Orange

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #580 rushes through the Metrolink station in Orange, California, on April 2, 2017. F59PHI 452 is eighteen years and ten m... (more)

What the Antonym of “Urbane”?

There is a lot to see here … All of it ugly. UP 3GS21B Y2750’s less-than-stylish design is not helped by the paint scheme “improvements” that have been... (more)

Hobart Tower: Where the UP Crossed the Santa Fe in L.A.

A BNSF Railway baretable train, B-SBDLAC1-02A, arrives at Hobart Yard, just south of downtown Los Angeles, on April 2, 2017. ... (more)

2264 Miles to Go

Amtrak train #4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, is about a mile into its journey to Chicago, IL, as it runs along the west bank of the Los Angeles River on Ap... (more)

It Had that “New Locomotive” Smell!

Just four days out of the factory, and not yet in service, Washington State Department of Transportation 1402, a Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric pas... (more)

So Clean You Could Eat Off the Floor – But We Opted Not To

Washington State Department of Transportation 1402, a Siemens SC-44 diesel-electric passenger locomotive, rolled out of the... (more)

Not What It Seems

BNSF Railway train B-NBYLAC4-29 is a Baretable train (originating in North Bay CA and headed to Los Angeles CA), seen passing through Fullerton, California, on Marc... (more)

Ten Numbers – and Seven Cars – Apart

Afternoon photos of Amtrak Pacific Surfliners in Fullerton are often not as great as they should be, because the power is normally on the ... (more)

A Friendly Wave from the Conductor to the Foamers on the Bridge

A trainload of containers heading from Atlanta, Georgia, to Long Beach, California, heads into the setting sun as BNSF... (more)

Seven-Hundred Forty Miles West of Belen Junction in New Mexico...

BNSF train Z-WSPSBD7-26L traverses the S-curve at Daggett, in California's Mojave Desert, as it heads west from Will... (more)

The Green Class Lights are a Classy Touch!

The long trip from Union Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, to Cheyenne, Wyoming, is under way as the special ferrying ... (more)

Golden Hills in the Golden State

Amtrak's Coast Starlight is famed for its views of the Pacific Ocean. But even though the old Southern Pacific mainline veers inland a bit at... (more)

Heading for Cuesta Grade

Amtrak train #14, the northbound (westbound in Southern Pacific's timetable) Coast Starlight, departs San Luis Obispo, California, on July 1, 1976 (Am... (more)

Water for My Horses

It is Independence Day Eve (is that a thing?) 1974 and Amtrak's southbound (eastbound, in Southern Pacific vernacular) Coast Starlight, train #11, makes it... (more)

Back When This Train in Fullerton was a Rare Event

The Santa Fe Railway passed through the middle of downtown Pasadena, California. And on New Year's Day, the city of Pasadena hosts ... (more)