Union Pacific's Calipatria Local sits on a side track (with derail up) in the farming community of Imperial. The lead unit is (was) the last SP unit with Roman font lettering. Unfortunately the ta... (more)

Tired Union Pacific EMD GP40-2 No. 1413 still carries its weathered Southern Pacific colors as it leads the YTU70 job at UP’s Tucson yard on the afternoon of April 24, 2017.

The Torrance Local switches Phillips 66 with an SP leader.

The Torrance Local arrives in Gardena behind the SP painted 1413 with a few cars for Crenshaw Lumber.

Having just dropped its pulls from the Torrance Industrial Lead back at Centralia, the El Segundo Local now begins a long pull west down its namesake industrial lead on its way to its namesake cit... (more)

Delivered to the Southern Pacific in March of 1980 SP 7662, UP 1413 is now held together by rust and spray paint. She shoves a long string of cars into Conoco Philips the day after Christmas.

Delivered to the Southern Pacific in March of 1980 is SP 7662, UP 1413 is now held together by rust and spray paint. She shoves a long string of cars into Conoco Philips the day after Christmas.

Tagging is a brutal reality of the local railroading scene in the urban areas of Los Angeles and the worst parts of it are on the Torrance and El Segundo Industrial Leads. On the day after Christm... (more)

A Saturday only move (symbol-wise at least) sees the El Segundo Local (or LOW20) work the Conoco Philips plant on the Torrance Industrial Lead (normally served by the Monday through Friday Torranc... (more)

The Torrance Local approaches the former Pacific Electric bridge with an SP GP40-2 leader.

The Torrance Local passes under the locally-famous PE bridge as they come into their namesake City. Leading the way on today's LOW10 is SP painted 1413 heading light for US Gypsum to pick up a sin... (more)

The El Segundo Local begins its shove into Grain Craft the morning after Christmas with a long cut of cars.

When I found out that the last SP GP40-2 on the UP roster was working on the El Segundo Local there was one shot I knew I wanted and it was this, of the train coming in onto the Wilmington Sub wit... (more)

The last GP40-2 on the UP roster still in SP colors, although patched and tagged, builds another day's version of the El Segundo local alongside the Los Angeles River the day after Christmas in a ... (more)

The last GP40-2 on the UP roster still in SP colors, although patched and tagged, crosses Central Avenue in Nickerson Gardens (this is the area for which South Central gets its name, as this is Ce... (more)