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)
A lifeguard prepares to end her day while Amtrak's Surfliner 785 slips by Richard Nixon's old Western White House behind her.
Pacific Surfliner passing some beach goers.
A slightly different take on the classic Del Mar vantage point utilizing an ultra wide angle lens to encompass some of the surrounding terrain as this Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train runs through a... (more)
A few F59PHIs are cooped up in the shop for the night. With the production of the Chargers underway, the clock is ticking for this fleet as the mainstay power for Pacific Surfliner trains.
An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner heads through scenic Southern California, living up to its name.
An Amtrak Surfliner train leaves the station on a very warm day
An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner for San Diego skirts the Pacific Ocean at Del Mar, CA on a beautiful October day.
Cracker Box - A rebuilt "ex Santa Fe GP60B that was given a cab from a UP SD40-2" sits on the station siding on display for the 2014 Fullerton Railroad Days, while a northbound surfliner ap... (more)
Amtrak 459 pushes a northbound Pacific Surfliner into the station at San Juan Capistrano.
A brand new F59PHI is delivered from Super Steel and spends a short while inside the "turbo shops" in Albany before going west. Note the wheels and truck in the foreground are for a Turboliner. ... (more)
A southbound Surfliner blows for the crossing leading to the Pier area at San Clemente.
Trains + Beach = Paradise
Before stopping at the San Clemente stop, Amtrak 459 pushes the consist the rest of the way to the station.