Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train 784 from Goleta to San Diego, slows for an upcoming station stop in Simi Valley, California. Power is a CDTX Siemens Charger. December 23, 2024.
UP 5106, built by the Electro Motive Division for the Union Pacific Railroad in September of 2002, finds itself on the point of a rather rare train for these parts. Running as the IOALBR-30, this ... (more)
On a warm morning on the first day of July, Amtrak 14 sails past CP Davis and approaches the movie studio buried deep in the Santa Susana Hills as it approaches its next station stop of Simi Valle... (more)
The Guadalupe Hauler slows to a stop at CP-Madera with a trio of SD60Ms for power.
Engineer Bob Mellor prepares to take to take Amtrak 777 out of Simi Valley. Of special interest to model railroaders, today's train includes a long-distance sightseer lounge car in the consist, wh... (more)
Running with a somewhat uncommon locomotive on the southward facing end of the train (usually led by a cabcar), Amtrak 774 passes the Santa Susana Railroad Depot & Museum on its southbound trip to... (more)
Cruising through Santa Susana while giving a Metrolink maintenance of way maintainer ahead a call, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight passes the movie studio at Corriganville as it heads f... (more)
Posing in beautiful, golden hour light, the private car Northern Sky shows off its drumhead as it and along with another pair of private cars, the Montana and Yerba Buena, coo... (more)
An auto train heads up Santa Susana Pass at sunset.
LOF67 departs Madera with an SD70M leader.
The Guadalupe Hauler passes the Santa Susana Depot as they head downgrade into Simi Valley.
The Leesdale holds for passenger traffic at Madera behind 5 EMDs.
A couple week old pair of GEVOs lead a repo train into Simi Valley.
The loaded Oil Cans head out of Santa Susana Pass with a fresh SD70AH leader.
Tequila on Christmas Day. What better way to celebrate Christmas than with a little tequila? Now there's something I never thought I would say, but such was the case as the "Patron Tequila ... (more)
