Notes: Back when there was still plenty of unique power left, BN "white face" #3125 coasts down into Mojave. Note the 'B' unit as well.

Notes: Still in "war bonnet" colors on a trailer train.

Notes: Winding its way eastbound through the Tehachapi Mountains after having come through the loop.

Notes: The BNSF steel coil train is just coming down out of Tehachapi and into Mojave.

Notes: A UP local returns to Mojave after running up the mountain to Tehachapi.

Notes: A typical trailer train consist for the time.

Notes: Two EMD lease units lead a local train westbound out of Mojave and into Tehachapi. A number of these were working in the region around this time.

Notes: Still plenty of SP power on the line at this time.

Notes: What would eventually be the typical power seen on this line.

Notes: Brand new and sitting in the yard at Mojave.

Notes: Still some interesting units being used as helpers and on locals around this time period.

Notes: Still some D&RGW units making an appearance back then.

Notes: Running along their short tourist track through San Pedro.

Notes: Then brand new #61 stops briefly outside 'B' Yard in Long Beach Harbor. The MP20C-3 have Detroit V12 engines that make 2250 HP.

Notes: #40 waits in the San Pedro yard, getting ready to be used for a film project.

Notes: Pulling a string of cars North out of 'B' Yard.

Notes: Was last Twin Cities & Western #601. Shown here sitting near 'A' Yard.

Notes: Originally built as AT&SFU36C #8719. It's mainly used to switch hoppers brought down from Trona to be off-loaded onto ships.

Notes: Originally an NRE/Illinois Central unit, still in IC black.

Notes: A rare sight to see box cars set out at Crescent Warehouse, on the South end of San Pedro.

Notes: A unique rolling bridge built from a rail car truck, allowing cars on the second track to be loaded from the dock.

Notes: Ex Conrail and before that an Erie Lackawanna unit... #32 sits North of the Vincent Thomas Bridge.

Notes: Caught moving east down the BNSF line after passing through Mojave and possibly Tehachapi earlier.

Notes: Sitting near 'A' yard... Ex Reserve Mining unit down from the North Country being used as a lease unit on the Pacific Harbor Line.

Notes: Ex AT&SF, with SF air conditioner still visible.

Notes: Still in its ex Chicago North Western paint. This unit originally arrived to PHL with its high nose still intact.

Notes: Still wearing its paint from sister road Ohio Central. This unit was originally a B&O SD35.

Notes: Numerous units pull out onto the lead at the west end of Hobart Terminal.

Notes: Cabs on the property: SF999050, UP25288, SP1764, SP1339, SP1289 and fourth SP can with unknown number. Please don't trespass.

Notes: Spotted sitting in the Dolores Yard along Alameda St.

Notes: Spotted sitting on the last bit of remaining SP Burbank Branch track at Burbank Jct.

Notes: On display at Hagle Lumber Co. The inside is finished like a regular room.

Notes: This car is used for transporting large aircraft parts. Original reporting marks come back to McDonnell Douglas, but may be different now.

Notes: Carrying what looks to be a Cat prime mover engine. Spotted parked in 'A' Yard.

Notes: #803 leads the harbor steel slab train while street running back to Watson Yard with slab loads.

Notes: PHL #45 and #40 are pulling on a string of cars going North out of 'B' Yard in the harbor.

Notes: Sitting in the yard off Anaheim St., this cab was used on local work in the area.

Notes: Parked with an SSW unit in the yard off Anaheim St., this unit was being used on UP local trains.

Notes: Pictured while brand new, these cars were specifically built for the BNSF "steel slab train" out of the L.A. Harbor.

Notes: Seen returning back to 'A' Yard with GP7 #101 in the lead, these units were just having their speed tested on a stretch of track near San Pedro.

Notes: Still wearing the old "Harbor Belt Line" name, #101 crosses over a street near 'A' Yard. Originally a CNW unit.

Notes: Spotted carrying a new Cat D10R Dozer. 'PPU' is the Peoria and Pekin Union Railway.

Notes: Originally built in 1972 and modified in 1987, this car is used by Amoco/BP for emergency training of employees and local emergency personnel.

Notes: An SW type switcher is parked at a local refinery near Dolores Yard.

Notes: Still in BN paint, #8059 leads the BNSF "steel slab train" out of L.A. Harbor, and does some street running on the way to Watson Yard.

Notes: Parked near the shops in Dolores Yard, this unit also did time on PNWR, BN & CS.

Notes: Left sitting with the other power that will be used on the steel slab train out of the harbor.

Notes: #2622 still in SF paint, along with a rare BNSF GP30 in (then) new "H1" paint, both idle outside the terminal where the "slab train" is prepared.

Notes: A rare catch finding #44 in an open place. #44 looked slightly different than the other 18R units, and was usually left over on Terminal Island.

Notes: Seen working in 'A' Yard while temporarily working for Pacific Harbor Line during a trial.

Notes: Also tried out on PHL at the same time as #1508 above, but neither model was purchased.

Notes: Sitting with its train in the Union Station terminal.

Notes: Sitting in the yard off Anaheim St... A number of D&RGW units were used around the SoCal area well after the merger.

Notes: A red line subway train stops at the station underneath Union Station in downtown Los Angeles.

Notes: Some rare un-patched DRGW units sit over Washington Blvd., outside UP's East Los Angeles Yard.

Notes: Trona #3005 along with Trona SD40-2 #3007, bring a cut of cars back into Trona. #2003 still in SF/SP pre-merge scheme sits in the Trona yard.

Notes: A very nicely restored depot alongside the SP Coast Line, in the Santa Susanna Pass.

Notes: An old workhorse still wearing it's SP colors while sitting near Mojave Yard, along with support cars SP #5058 and #503.

Notes: Both units sill wear their old Conrail blue as they work the 'A' Yard.

Notes: In its classy ATSF "zebra stripe" scheme, #40 sits outside the PHL headquarters at 'A' Yard.

Notes: Brightly colored rail car movers have the weekend off at the Borax plant in Los Angeles Harbor.

Notes: #43 as it was before getting its nose chopped, still wearing the full CNW "Operation Lifesaver" paint scheme.

Notes: Shot not too long before the tower was closed. The antique lever machine was still in place and functioning.

Notes: #37 and #38 do some street running while switching out cars at Borax.

Notes: #66 starts shoving on a cut of intermodal cars at the west end of Pier 'B' Yard.

Notes: #64 runs 'light' and long hood forward back to 'A' Yard along Alameda St.

Notes: #4156 and a second Dash 9 shove the remaining cut of their train eastward into Pier 'B' Yard.

Notes: #66 shoves a long string of intermodal cars eastward into Pier 'B' Yard.

Notes: Metropolitan Stevedor's brand new Gen-Set "low emissions" unit is taking the day off inside their facility. The unit was built by National Railway Equipment company and arrived to MS in December, 2008.

Notes: Later in the day, #66 is still working hard, now dragging a long string of intermodal cars out of Pier 'F' Terminal and up to Pier 'B' Yard.