The 741 Relief Job, filling in for the First Watson, has three Santa Fe engines on this day as it works hard climbing the grade with about 25 loaded propane cars from Chevron.
For railroad photography, it's hard to beat the nose of a warbonnet! Y-WAT104 heads south (railroad-west) through Lawndale with over 10,000 horsepower of ATSF GP60 variants.
The "741" Relief Yard Job, Y-WAT104, arrives at Alcoa Yard in Torrance with a massive train bound for two of the South Bay's refineries. One of them, the Torrance Refining Company (forme... (more)
The 1st Watson heads into Torrance with a trio of ex-ATSF painted GP60 variants. In tow is a cut of tank cars from the Chevron refinery in El Segundo which are bound for Watson Yard. With only a h... (more)