A Ventura Sub train pulls out of Burbank after making its downtown stop with the "skyline" of Burbank in the background.

Last Light

An eastbound BNSF Railway intermodal train (the Z-LACWSP6-30L; Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal; Los Angeles CA to Willow Springs IL) holds the "Middle Main" in Fullerton, Cali... (more)

The afternoon Inland Empire train passes through San Clemente on its way to Riverside and San Bernardino. This commuter train is rather unique in that it runs from suburb to suburb without hitting... (more)

As Metrolink F59PH 854 accelerates out of Palmdale, ready to make a run up Vincent Grade, the searchlights at Palmdale Junction on Union Pacific's Mojave Subdivision observe in silence. Their days... (more)

Metrolink Beach Bum

Metrolink train 860, heading from Oceanside to San Bernardino, crawls along Califia Beach in San Clemente, California, on August 21, 2016. I am told that northbo... (more)

An eastbound Metrolink 'extra' slowly pulls out of the siding at CP Ravenna within the confines of Soledad Canyon. Originally completed in 1876 by the Southern Pacific Railroad as the final link i... (more)

Bound for Lancaster in the high desert, a Metrolink commuter train climbs through Soledad Canyon between Lang and the former location of Russ siding on the ex-SP Saugus Line, now known as Metrolin... (more)

Having just crested Vincent Grade, a Metrolink to Lancaster begins the decent into Palmdale with an AC4400CW on its tail to lead on the trip back to LA.

A Lancaster train passes by an abandoned metal barn in the heart of Soledad Canyon. This is new Metrolink ROW. The original SP route was behind me here.

A Sunday afternoon Metrolink train from Lancaster to Los Angeles is about half way or so into its long run as it heads under the Soledad Canyon Road bridge deep in the canyon.

Heading to the Big City

Metrolink train 751, operating from Riverside to Los Angeles, departs the La Sierra station in western Riverside, California, on August 13, 2016. One of the ... (more)

The iconic 6th Street Viaduct in downtown Los Angeles, setting of every car commercial ever made, is being torn down in the background as Metrolink 702 to South Perris races south. Since this phot... (more)

Metrolink approaches the station with a BNSF in the background.

The New Kid in Town

Two days after the official dedication ceremony, Metrolink Cab Car 602 leads a test train through Anaheim on its way from Oceanside back to Los Angeles. F59PH 85... (more)

Northbound Metrolink train hugs the Pacific Ocean past surfers and beach goers at San Clemente.