About two months since my last update on the OCTA OC Bridges construction project, a lot of framework has been going up. The columns shown in a previous update are all in place now. And they have all been filled with concrete. The construction crews have also been building a wooden framework with girders laid […]

This is the third year that I’ve gone to the Fullerton Railroad Days event, and this year there was something special – a 4-8-4 Baldwin Locomotive Works steam locomotive. Santa Fe #3751 arrived Thursday night (4/30) at the Fullerton Station, being led by a BNSF locomotive. This wasn’t the first time the engine has showed […]

With expected completion sometime in the middle of 2016, the OC Bridges construction project (led by the OCTA) at Orangethorpe and Tustin/Rose is in full swing. Being right next to the construction, I see a fairly good amount of what is being done. After building the bypass road and closing Tustin/Rose for a block both […]

Usually when I hear a train passing by outside, it’s a train comprised of newer BNSF locomotives pulling double-stacked shipping containers. Usually at least once a day there will also be a train of tank cars. But occasionally I see something different that gets me excited and fumbling to take a picture. Last month this […]