UP 1996 leads the southbound Brooklyn trailers toward Los Angeles as it starts through the Caliente horseshoe and the hard uphill climb to Tehachapi summit.

Still functioning as the Magnetic Signal Co. and the Southern Pacific intended, one of the few remaining Wig Wags still serving a Class I railroad in southern California clanks away along the ex-S... (more)

Union Pacific's hottest train on the I-5 corridor negotiates the Tehachapi Loop with today's power consist sporting the Southern Pacific heritage locomotive.

Nearing the end of its run from Chicago, westbound Amtrak train #3 descends off of the Redondo Flyover on the final lap into Los Angeles, and will arrive LAUPT in just a few short minutes.

In the heart of Tehachapi Pass, detoured northbound train #14 winds through the curvature in Clear Creek Ravine between Cliff and Bealville.

Between Mojave and Tehachapi, detoured northbound train #14 works upgrade through Cameron and along Highway 58.

After having detoured across Tehachapi Pass earlier in the afternoon, southbound train #11 nears Los Angeles as it snakes through Soledad Canyon on the former Southern Pacific Saugus Line.

Detoured Amtrak train #11 approaches the north portal of Tunnel 2 and Allard siding in the Tehachapi mountains after having met northbound train #14 just minutes before at Caliente.

Just minutes out of LAUPT, the Santa Fe 3751 powers the San Diego Steam Special over the Redondo Flyover on a beautiful morning in southern California. View is from the ex-California Zephyr dome c... (more)

On the evening of its historic journey to San Diego and return, Santa Fe steam engine #3751 and train are parked on track 2 at Amtrak's 8th Street maintenance facility along the Los Angeles River.

Just minutes out of LAUPT, the eastbound Southwest Chief crosses the Los Angeles River on the Redondo Flyover and will soon enter BNSF trackage for the trip east to Chicago.

Light power to Commerce Diesel from Hobart Yard heads past the Metrolink platform at Commerce located along BNSF's San Bernardino Sub.

Hobart Tower in Los Angeles, which once protected the crossing between Union Pacific's San Pedro branch and Santa Fe's busy San Bernardino Sub, sits vacant on this night and will soon be part of h... (more)

An abbreviated Amtrak Coast Starlight makes good time as it skirts the California Coast on its northbound trip near Montecito, located just a few miles south of Santa Barbara on the former Souther... (more)

Assigned to a system-wide inspection special for Union Pacific officials, UP 6936 powers the train up the former Southern Pacific Coast Line and across the famous Gaviota Trestle, located roughly ... (more)