With cotton candy clouds above, Sounder trains are getting ready for the evening commute on a warm late summer afternoon.

A northbound Pacific Surfliner climbs through the rocks and parkland of the Santa Susana Pass.

A San Diego-bound Pacific Surfliner makes a brief stop at the station, across the street from the SJC mission.

Ringing in the New Year... Trainsets layover in Amtrak's Kirkham Street Facility, ringing in 2011.

Southbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #566 slows for an on-time stop at the San Clemente Pier on a beautiful Southern California Saturday morning.

A few minutes behind the advertised, train 578 hurries south along the coast at the start of a beautiful sunset

A southbound Pacific Surfliner heads along the Pacific Coast Highway, bypassing multi-million dollar beachfront homes and the picturesque Left Coast along the way.

With multi-million dollar homes above, Coaster Cab Car 2308 leads a train south through Del Mar just 400 feet above the beach below.

Skirting along the Pacific Ocean, an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train heads south towards San Diego.

The last Piedmont of the day is waiting for the last of the passengers to disembark from the coaches of PO76 so it can head to the coach yard to be cleaned and ready for another days operation. N... (more)

Quietly humming down in the rail yards, a northbound trainset keeps warm in the snowy Seattle afternoon. The train is parked on what used to be the old BNSF mains, which are now used for MOW and S... (more)

Amtrak engines wait for their next train to run.