The loaded Tank Train from Wunpost on the Coast Line is passing Metrolink train 283 that is headed to Lancaster. From this angle it almost looks like the Espee is still alive.

The fog had burned off and the sun is now shining on the California Coast as the southbound oil cans sit idle waiting for a new crew in San Luis Obispo, California. The 9,680 tons of crude oil tra... (more)

The Oil Cans slide under the historic "Buena Vista Viaduct," today's North Broadway Bridge, as seen from the Spring Street Bridge, near downtown Los Angeles.

After an increasingly rare daytime run down the Coast, the "Oil Cans" wait at the Main Street Bridge near downtown Los Angeles for an LA crew to relieve the SLO crew. Usually run with the three un... (more)

Early morning along the ex SP Coast Line finds the loaded oil cans pass through the rich agricultural farming community of Somis as they make progress towards there destination of Doloras.

Union Pacific's ODOWP eases down the #2 track at Santa Barbara as a Southbound Pacific Surfliner had just finished its station stop and is about to resume its afternoon journey down the coast to L... (more)

Union Pacific's empty oil cans pass the South switch at Gaviota in the late evening.

The Oil Cans crawl into Van Nuys, but still stir up the air enough to scare away a flock of birds. This train is Union Pacific's iconic unit run on the Coast Line, and one of the last regular frei... (more)

The northbound empty oil cans is seen just leaving Burbank Jct.

The northbound Coast Cans race north through Santa Margarita with clear sailing ahead.

A pair of SD9043MAC's sandwich an SD70Ace as they power the Coast Cans on the double track through Glendale and Burbank. The train will take the Coast Line at Burbank Jct. for the run to Wunpost w... (more)

Union Pacific's empty unit tank train is returning for another load as the empty's are seen racing up the Coast Line at Somis on a warm late afternoon.

The loaded oil cans seen southbound through Burbank Junction. Originating near Paso Robles CA, train is headed to the LA Harbor area refineries

The empty "Oil Cans" pass Gemco Yard and the Van Nuys Amtrak station on its way to pick up 900,000 more gallons of oil from Central California for return to the Los Angeles area refineries. The 4... (more)

Oil cans roll southbound along the Santa Barbara Subdivision between Gaviota and Refugio.