The Oxnard local rolls into Santa Paula past the Southern Pacific Station with Sierra Railway RP20GE Gensets for use on the late Fillmore and Western Railway. The Sierra Railway has taken over ope... (more)
The Valla Switcher heads down the Brea Chemical Lead with a massive train as they approach their destination at Valla Yard.
The "Valla Switcher" crosses BNSF's San Bernardino Sub at Los Nietos with 40 cars bound for Valla Yard. A GP60 and GP38-2 power today's train.
The Costa Mesa Local heads through Orange on Metrolink rails with a single GP60 rebuild leading the way.
The power for Union Pacific’s locals out of West Anaheim Yard lay over on the weekend – on this particular weekend, a pair of GP60s (1150 and 1162). UP GP60 1162 is on the west end of the pow... (more)
Heading south on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, Union Pacific GP60 1162 (ex-UP 1991, née-Cotton Belt 9689) takes eight cars to Santa Ana. When Interstate 5 was widened in the late 1990s necessitating... (more)
Making a somewhat surprise move, at least to the pair of us shooting the train this morning, Union Pacific's LOF63 has made a run up to Ventura to switch out some empty centerbeam cars in exchange... (more)
This morning's LOF63-13, utilizing a pair of GP60's with one still wearing its Southern Pacific "Speed Lettering," hustles east between Oxnard and Camarillo to complete the last half of its duties... (more)
A pair of GP60's take a break for the rest of the day after working all morning as Amtrak Train No. 763 rolls into Oxnard for its scheduled station stop.
Flowers have begun to bloom thanks to the warm, Southern California temperatures as this morning's LOF63 sets to work in the Oxnard yard as they prepare to grab a cut of cars to take over to the V... (more)
The Oxnard local heads back to Oxnard with a pair of GP60s for power.
The Oxnard Local switches at Somis before returning back to Oxnard.
LOF63 pulls off the International Paper Spur with a pair of GP60s for power.
The Oxnard Local heads for Camarillo with some outbounds from Proctor & Gamble behind the power.
The Oxnard Local heads back to their home yard as they pass through the farmland of Ventura County.