Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway CF7 2500 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as ATSF F7A 343L (one of the railway's freight F-Units) in April 1953. As the 1960s were ending, Sa... (more)

A colorful eastbound HBARLUB passes a westbound just east of Siberia.

BNSF Y-WAT1041 748 Relief Job climbs Monoco Hill in Lawndale California on its way east from El Segundo.

BNSF Y-WAT1041 748 Relief Job waits for its crew to return from beans at the Lawndale team tracks (which are actually in Redondo Beach, not Lawndale). Power for the train today is elderly GP40X 30... (more)

A westbound freight threads its way through the highest and more interesting trackage of the old alignment. Photo by Robert Robl.

This baretable train (or, in other words, a train of empty intermodal cars) originated in Phoenix, Arizona, and it bound for Los Angeles CA. BNSF ES44C4 6643, Dash 9-44CW 5260 and ES44DC 7212 are... (more)

About 124 miles into its 216-mile trip from Barstow to San Diego, BNSF train H-BARSDG1-13A is already 16 hours behind schedule. Sadly, that's no longer an aberration on today's railroads. And wi... (more)

BNSF train H-BARWAT1-06A, with an impressive eight locomotives for power (BNSF ET44C4s 3999 and 3804, BNSF ES44AC 6211, BNSF Dash 9-44CW 4440, BNSF ET44C4 3726, BNSF ES44DC 7669, [and just barely ... (more)

Climbing the eastern side of Cajon Pass, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train Z-MEMLAC1-17A is heading for Los Angeles from Memphis TN. Power for this train as it "dashes through the s... (more)

An Alliance Texas to LA Harbor intermodal snakes its way through Fullerton Junction as it heads west on the mostly eastbound-heavy Track Three.

The previous day's BARWAT sits at Basta awaiting a crew. This photo was taken minutes after this day's BARWAT sailed past. The parked train has a very rare (for So Cal) SD70MAC in the consist.

A power heavy BARWAT heads through Fullerton with NS and CSX power mixed in among the BNSF GEs. This train was lined all the way through to Watson Yard in Wilmington, California, despite it needin... (more)

As BNSF train U-KCKSDG1-27M, a military unit train heading to San Diego CA from Kansas City KS, was crossing Cajon Pass on October 31, Union Pacific ES44AC 7455 was leading BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5262. ... (more)

Perhaps there is a shortage of locomotives in the Los Angeles basin, as BNSF Railway train H-BARWAT1-26A, the daily Barstow CA to Watson CA freight train, has 11 locomotives for an 84-car t... (more)