The southbound Gaudalupe Local to las Angeles crosses the old Southern Pacific Trestle across Gaviota State Beach. The park and the surrounding area is a great place to stay and enjoy trains.
The power for the LPCTAC has been turned on Tacoma Rail's Wye and is now headed back to the train, sitting on the Tacoma Main. Soon this set of power will once again cross the Puyallup River to d... (more)
For some reason the crew of the LPCTAC needed to turn their power. While BNSF has a turntable, I'm not sure if it's still in service and the roundhouse crew is gone by this time, so their next o... (more)
The aftermath of a major train derailment near Waycross gives us a view of a rail car graveyard. No injuries reported for this incident. It is common practice to utilize open areas for derailed eq... (more)
In the yard of the Progress Rail facility, we see several railroads paint schemes, along with locomotives in different phases of the rebuilding process.