A duo of NS GP60s lead B06 west through Pine Junction

UP 1140 assembling its train in South St. Paul

After Union Pacific began operation of the Moffat Tunnel line in the wake of the Southern Pacific merger, there was a brief era when UP assigned Rio Grande’s GP60s to the Ski Train. On the morni... (more)

One of the mainlines on BNSF's triple-tracked line through Santa Ana Canyon is used to park empty Intermodal trains that are awaiting space in either Los Angeles' Hobart Yard or in the ports of Lo... (more)

The power for Union Pacific’s locals out of West Anaheim Yard lay over on the weekend – on this particular weekend, a pair of GP60s (1150 and 1162). UP GP60 1162 is on the west end of the pow... (more)

Union Pacific's El Segundo Local has just picked up the pulls it had left in Hawthorne for its run to the end of the branch, and is now on its way back to Los Angeles. The pipe barely visible to t... (more)

Union Pacific's El Segundo Local heads east from its namesake town, passing a cement plant that is not railroad served. This job's power is left unattended during off hours and the local taggers h... (more)

Heading south on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, Union Pacific GP60 1162 (ex-UP 1991, née-Cotton Belt 9689) takes eight cars to Santa Ana. When Interstate 5 was widened in the late 1990s necessitating... (more)

The Guadalupe Local power rests in the small yard in town after spending the morning switching.

LBU51 comes off of the Farm Subdivision in Kenosha on its journey to Proviso, IL.

Making the most of the 10 mph track speed on the Santa Paula Branch Line, UP 1007 leads this morning's LOF63 north with an interesting train of equipment to interchange with the Fillmore & Western... (more)

With their switching in Camarillo complete, UP 1007 and a sister GP60 prepare to leave the siding and retake the main at the north end of town. Once clear if the signal, the UP Santa Barbara Subdi... (more)

Former St. Louis Southwest Railway ( Cotton Belt ) GP60 1005 rests on the Oakdale branch just off the BNSF Stockton Sub.

A Norfolk Southern local crew drills cars at the yard in Conneaut, Ohio on a dreary October morning. One of NS's GP60's provides the power and a former Conrail transfer caboose tucked behind the l... (more)

A Sad Sight in America These Days

After getting to operate at mainline speeds – 40 to 55 miles per hour – on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, train LOA32 is back on UP’s Santa Ana Ind... (more)