A San Diegan

Former Superliner coach 31046 has been decorated with a wrap to commemorate the upcoming National Train Day on May 8, 2010 (with an ad for Subway apparently paying some of the costs). The car is ... (more)

A southbound San Diegan departs Santa Ana, California, on its way to San Diego in May 1989. The Santa Ana Transportation Center "stood in" for Los Angeles' Union Station in the film "Rain ... (more)

The gangs of Santa Barbara stroll the platform as a Pacific Surfliner to San Luis Obispo unloads. Actually, the kids to the left there were a lot more threatening in real life than they appear in ... (more)

Amtrak San Diegan #574 passes through the lagoons in Carlsbad, California, as it heads from Los Angeles to San Diego on November 6, 1982. Power for the train this day is F40PH 222.

A San Diegan

early Amtrak

Amtrak Pacific Surliner F59PHI is on the point of northbound Pacific Surfliner train # 763, as it slows down for Santa Barbara station.

Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH 502 is on the point of train 579, a "San Diegan," as it makes a station stop in Fullerton, California, on its way from San Diego to Los Angeles. This engine would later become... (more)

An ontime Pacific Surfliner climbs the grade from Burbank Junction to its next stop, Bob Hope Airport which is a mile west.

A northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner approaches the Anaheim Amtrak depot southbound as a northbound Surfliner departs north. In the distance, the UP Costa Mesa local awaits to enter the SCAX Ora... (more)

Amtrak's Central Coast Pacific Surfliner, the only train that runs the entire distance of San Diego to San Luis Obispo, is coming out of the Tunnel 28 as it enters the Santa Susana Pass. This tra... (more)

A northbound Pacific Surfliner encounters typical daily trackside activity at the beachside city of Del Mar.

Amtrak train #572, a Pacific Surfliner, passes through Orange, California, after making a stop in Anaheim (just on the other side of the 57 Freeway in the background). Behind the six cars ... (more)