An Union Pacific auto reposition move heading southbound, rolls through Emma Wood State Park.

Rolled N JUDAH EAST BAY TERMINAL. A Roger Puta Photograph

The Northbound Coast Starlight crossing the Arroyo Hondo Bridge. The concrete highway bridge is a relic from the old Pacific Coast Highway.

An empty ore train passes a big patch of wild flowers just south of Elands Bay which is a common sight all over the west coast during late winter/early spring.

A San Diego Surfline train rolls through the bluffs in Del Mar California on a beautiful spring morning in Southern California

The first revenue run of the X Wine train. The private cars for the X Wine Train are tacked onto a regular Surfliner. The Wine Train passengers ride from LAUPT to Santa Barbara to visit wineries. ... (more)

On the Old Santa Fe "Surf Line"

On March 7, 2017, an eight-car BNSF Railway officer's special skirts the Pacific Ocean as the train passes through Del Mar, California, ferrying autom... (more)

Prior to the west coast being slammed by storms in early 2017, the ex-Southern Pacific (SP) coast line looked fairly tranquil in scenes such as this one brought to you just north of Gaviota. Looki... (more)

Running more than three hours late following the self-implosition of the AMTK 510 back in Burbank, Amtrak 14 hustles across the Gaviota trestle in the late afternoon light with fresh power as it h... (more)

As towering waves crash toward the shore at La Conchita, UP 4877 slowly shoves the WGDGDR-31 back toward Ricon Point as crew members drop the final pieces of rail here. Shortly after finishing the... (more)

Oil on the coast. The oil cans from the San Ardo oil fields to the north travel by rail past Venecos Oil Pier which serve's the Oil Platforms in the Santa Barbara Channel.

860 hugs the Pacific Ocean on the beginning of it's trip to the Inland Empire behind an F59.

Unlike Southern Pacific's glamorous Daylight passenger trains that once raced along these very tracks drawing the attention of railfans during their years of operation, 2017's draw for railfans on... (more)

California Coulter Pine tree, turquoise Pacific Ocean, white sandy beach, and Pacific Surfliner! This scenic location has been well documented, but never gets old. I was thrilled to get such fav... (more)