Just 1 hour 42 minutes late (believe it or not, that’s not too bad for Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief), Amtrak P42DCs 161 (dressed in the carrier's original paint scheme for thei... (more)

Rounding the curve at Fullerton Junction, and about to pass through the Fullerton Transportation Center (where both Amtrak and Metrolink stop), is BNSF Railway Guaranteed Service Intermodal train ... (more)

40 Years Ago This Weekend!

Bringing up the rear of the World's Fair Daylight, a 13-car train of privately-owned passenger cars – all painted in Daylight re... (more)

Just after sunset, the World's Fair Daylight, a 13-car train pulled by former Southern Pacific GS-4 class 4-8-4 steam locomotive 4449, crosses over Fresno's Belmont Avenue. The train will ... (more)

After a five-year hiatus, Metrolink (in partnership with Orange County Transit Agency) is operating Angels Express trains for the Angels baseball 2024 season. These special trains operate ... (more)

Union Pacific AC4400CW 6279 shows its heritage as Southern Pacific 248, built by GE in June 1995, and spotted at the UP's Dolores Yard. (Carson, California – October 1, 2008)

On Cinco de Mayo, Union Pacific railroad local LOW10-06, with UP GP40-2 1442 (ex-SSW 7279), GP60 1150 (ex-UP 1903, ex-UP 5703, née-SP 9600), GP40P-2 1373 (ex-SP 7601, née-SP 3198) and SD7... (more)

Angels Flight, a downtown Los Angeles landmark, is an historic 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge funicular railway in the city's Bunker Hill district. It operates two funicular cars, named "Oli... (more)

Climbing Cajon Pass as it heads east from Los Angeles to Barstow, and passing through Cajon Pass' iconic Mormon Rocks area, is BNSF Railway train U-LACBAR5-30Z, a "Special Unit Train" co... (more)

Well, good news! The derail works!

Just over two hours earlier, at 7:00, this Union Pacific switch job derailed as it was bringing a cut of cars forward (eastward) to cle... (more)

As always, the public turns out en masse for the San Bernardino Railroad Days, when the star of the show is former Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 4-8-4 3751, owned by the San Bernardino Railro... (more)

As BNSF train Q-RICCHI6-08 (with BNSF Dash 9-44CWs 5215 and 683, along with KCS AC4400CW 4598 – and two more Dash 9-44CWs shoving on the rear: BNSF 5004 and 4960 – for power) climbs the Tehach... (more)

BNSF Railway train S-LHALPC2-23W (Intermodal Stacks, Los Angeles Harbor Pier 400 CA to Logistic Park Chicago IL) has completed its run on the Railway’s La Junta Sub and is crossing over onto the... (more)

After departing Los Angeles, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Chief, arrived at its first stop, Fullerton, 20 minutes behind schedule. But this allowed the setting sun, which had be... (more)

After holding on Track 2 for a pair of passenger trains to stop at the Fullerton Transportation Center (a Metrolink commuter train on Track 3, and an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner on Track 1). ... (more)