LARail.com's private cars "Pacific Sands" and "Tioga Pass" bring up the markers of this evening's passage of the southbound Coast Starlight as the train banks to the east on it... (more)

A twelve-car northbound Coast Starlight on detour through Tehachapi Pass rounds a curve after exiting Tunnel 2, showing the full length of the train. Private car Tioga Pass is bringing up the rear... (more)

The Tioga Pass brings up the markers on northbound No. 14 The Coast Starlight. Detouring off the Coast Route due to Tunnel work being done in the Chatsworth area, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coa... (more)

Detouring off the Coast Route due to Tunnel work being done in the Chatsworth area, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, heads up Solidad Canyon. The route will take the train up and ove... (more)

With today's announcement by Amtrak that they are ending excursions and significantly cutting the movement of private cars, this is something you might never see again. Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited ... (more)

With a big wave from Conductor Bill Hatrick on the rear-paltoform of the private car Tioga Pass, Amtrak 14 departs Simi Valley with the two private cars bound for Oakland as they carry a special c... (more)

Supersized Surfliner

Passing through Orange, California, is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #768. This train originated in Goleta, near Santa Barbara, but when it arrived in ... (more)

Bringing up the rear of a military move. CP 142 had a cut of militiary equipment at the rear today, with 15 flat cars holding military equipment, 3 empty flat cars and the private ex-CN car... (more)

Former Santa Fe #3751 leads its excursion train back to Los Angeles after participating in San Bernardino Railroad Days over the weekend. Its train included Metrolink MP36PH-3C #894, a Metrolink B... (more)

A classy ending. Four of LARail's private cars bring up the rear of Amtrak's Coast Starlight train as it flies across West Bridge in Davis, California. These cars (from front to back) are t... (more)

Santa Fe #3751 and its seven car train rounds the curve just about a quarter mile from the Upland station. The 1927 Baldwin 4-8-4 is returning to Los Angeles after spending the weekend at the Rail... (more)

Heading off into a hazy afternoon sunset, passengers aboard the private car Tioga Pass enjoy the last few minuets of their return trip from San Bernardino Calif. The entire consist is returning fr... (more)

Santa Fe 3751 departs Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal for the second Saturday in a row on May 8, 2010. This train is headed to San Bernardino for that city's "Railroad Days" celebration. Be... (more)

The full consist of the Barstow Flyer is seen here at the Barstow Depot on the afternoon of October 17th, 2009. The cast of characters include one General Electric P 42 DC, Amtrak # 23, one Amflee... (more)

The Canadian National PV "Tioga Pass" brings up the rear of Train #11 as a Baby Bullet prepares to overtake the Starlight at Santa Clara.