Bringing up the rear of a Union Pacific weed abatement train is car Habco International car 214. HABX 214's heritage is fairly obvious, although the specific car is hard to pin down. This car, w... (more)
The Union Pacific's Anaheim Branch was in need of a little weed abatement, and the railroad sent a weed sprayer down to Anaheim and back to spray some weed killer along the right-of-way. The trai... (more)
A heavy snowfall hit the mountains of southern California on January 28, 1979. Snow was falling in much of the San Gabriel Valley (I saw flakes falling in Pomona) and in the city of San Bernardin... (more)
Union Pacific GP50 5517, the former Chicago & North Western 5060; leads a westbound intermodal train at Dominguez Junction on UP’s Basin Subdivision. Behind the 5517 is C30-7 419 (ex-UP 2419) a... (more)