In 1968, work was underway to build the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) through Pasadena and Arcadia (necessitating the removal of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's depot in Santa Anita, ... (more)

Car 1113 leads an Azusa bound train out of Del Mar Station it's about to enter the tunnel which runs under Old Town Pasadena to its next stop at Memorial Park Station.

I took this shot from the bridge/tunnel on Walnut street across from Memorial Park in Pasadena, where this A line (Formally the GoldLine) which just left Memorial Park Station now continuing on ea... (more)

Santa Fe had visions of a company museum, and was wise enough to hang onto a variety of locomotives with that in mind. It never happened, of course, and the collection was donated to the Californ... (more)

Much of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority’s L Line (formerly the Gold Line) was built on the old Santa Fe Railway’s Second District mainline. A pair of AnsaldoBreda P2550 light r... (more)

An eastbound freight, led by ATSF GP60 4019, meets restored Santa Fe F7A 347C, owned by the California State Railroad Museum. The recently restored F-Unit is on loan for production of a promotiona... (more)

A pair of GE's lead Amtrak's Southwest Limited into Pasadena

L.A. bound Gold Line train approaching Lake Station on a mellow, winter Saturday afternoon. Traffic is light on the Foot Hill Freeway. Weather in the San Gabriel mountains, above not so mellow.

Amtraks "Southwest Limited" makes it's last station stop before arriving Los Angeles Union Passenger Station at Pasadena

Pasadena was the first stop for Santa Fe trains departing Los Angeles - Trains such as The Super Chief, The El Capitan and The Chief. And, when traveling by rail from Los Ang... (more)

Santa Fe had visions of a company museum, and was wise enough to hang onto a variety of locomotives with that in mind. It never happened, of course, and the collection was donated to the Californ... (more)

The “Rose Bowl Special” headed by Santa Fe FP 45 # 101 crosses the Arroyo Seco and the Pasadena Freeway on January 1st, 1990. The single track steel viaduct was originally constructed in 1895 ... (more)

The eastbound Grand Canyon is seen at the Pasadena Station. The Conductor is waiting for the lone passenger to board, and then the published departure time. The Engineer saw the shot I was trying ... (more)

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Metro Gold Line test train races westbound traffic on Interstate 210 in Pasadena, California on March 30th, 2003