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)

Hustling eastward across the barren plains of eastern New Mexico, and disturbing a raven as it does, is BNSF Railway train H-BARTUL9-18A, which originated in Barstow, California, and is headed to ... (more)

Formed in 1998 as a successor to the old Harbor Belt Line, the Pacific Harbor Line is a Class III railroad that serves the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest harbors in the Western h... (more)

Seattle's skyline, as seen from across Elliott Bay. A tug boat pulls a barge with rail cars upon it – bulkhead flats with lumber and at least one wood chip car – a not uncommon sight in these ... (more)

Seven GE diesels lead eastbound train H-WATBAR1-22A through Fullerton as it heads from Watson, near the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, to Barstow, in the Mojave Desert. BNSF ES44C4 8061, ES... (more)

Metrolink 91 Line train 708 passes through Placentia, where a third track is being installed. A pair of F59PHIs (887 and 878) lead this train, with CTC-5 Cab Car 666 on the rear. Ooh! Spooky! Twel... (more)

The Metro Streetcar, operated by Rock Region Metro and formerly known as the River Rail Streetcar, is a two-line heritage streetcar system operating in Little Rock and North Little Rock, Arkansas.... (more)

Heading to Los Angeles, Southern Pacific GS-4 4449 makes a service stop in Tehachapi after climbing out of the San Joaquin Valley. The low sun this morning creates a mood similar to a plein ai... (more)

BNSF Railway train S-ALTLBT1-18A, carrying containers from Alliance, Texas, to the Long Beach port's Pier T, sits at Basta, about a mile west of Fullerton's Amtrak/Metrolink station, awaiting a ne... (more)