DOODLEBUGS RETURN TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. Years ago, the Santa Fe Railroad envisioned Budd Rail Diesel Cars on frequent headways providing the Los Angeles - San Diego service. Two cars were purchased for proof of concept, but after a fatal derailment at Redondo Junction, they were rebuilt and exiled to routes in west Texas once protected by gas-electric cars.

German-built twenty-first century rail diesel cars (today referred to in the British fashion as Diesel Multiple Units, and timetabled under the British-sounding name "Sprinter") are now being delivered to the commuter railroad's shops.

San Diego Union-Tribune photograph by Charlie Neuman.

I like the colors, which remind me of my Laser, Warp Thirteen.

(Via Dan Zukowski)