The Valla Yard Job, formerly the Fullerton Switch, makes a late return from Pacific Plastics in Brea after leaving Valla yard later than usual. Here is the local heading west through the city of W... (more)

The Fullerton Switcher returns from Brea after dropping off loads and picking up empty hoppers. Older power leads the small train around the curve that comes out of La Habra, back into Whittier ne... (more)

A pair of SP's C415's lead an eastbound Whittier yard to City of Industry yard "hauler" using UP trackage rights in Whittier

Union Pacific's LOA36R pulls a load of raw material to Pacific Plastics in Brea, CA for PVC pipe production. Taken from the Leffingwell Road Grade Crossing.

Santa Fe's depot at Los Nietos (technically west Whittier), in southern California, is seen in January 1961. The station was no longer in service at this time, and would be razed before too much ... (more)

Just as I pull up to the crossing, I hear the detector at MP 8.3 go off. So, I was hoping it was an eastbound and I was right. This Long Beach, CA to Englewood, TX intermodal train races across th... (more)

Buena Park Hauler with all four of SP's GP40X's

A Metrolink heads under the classic ATSF signal bridge at the East End of DT Junction, and the 605 Freeway, while I wait with some other fans for #3751. This is MP 152.1, where the ex-SP Puente B... (more)

The MBARWAT's pusher heads under the old Santa Fe signal bridge at Pioneer Boulevard. This daily manifest carries about 75% loads/25% empties on its run from Barstow to Watson in Wilmington, CA. ... (more)

Union Pacific baretables creep along the San Gabriel River as they are about to cross the BNSF at DT Junction. The SD70M in the lead was delivered in April of 2001. The train is on the Union Pac... (more)

A great surprise was had today when Union Pacific ran a southbound on the Los Nietos Sub along the San Gabriel River. Even though it was just baretables, it was great to get a shot of it here, sn... (more)

A ubiquitous orange Dash 9 leads a westbound stack through DT Juction and over the San Gabriel River. If you look close, you can see the waterfall in the river above the train. The junction is out... (more)

The Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad was taken over by the Union Pacific on April 27, 1921, but wasn't officially merged into the UP until January 1, 1988. Here, on an abandoned bridge on the old ... (more)