A lifeguard prepares to end her day while Amtrak's Surfliner 785 slips by Richard Nixon's old Western White House behind her.

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)

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)

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 first southbound Sounder is crossing the historic Milwaukee Road S-Turn trestle on its way to the Tacoma Dome Station (aka Freighthouse Square). Just to the right you can see the arch enemy o... (more)

Repainted F59PH. Repainted and refurbished AMT 1346 leads AMT 176 from Saint-Jérôme into Montreal West station.

After a brief station stop in Kannapolis, southbound Amtrak 73 eases into the curve and under the old Southern Railway-era intermediates at Concord as they make their way toward Charlotte. These o... (more)

Metrolink 404 begins its trip to Riverside by running along the east bank of the LA River and by the tagged up power at UP's 4th Street Yard.

A Lancaster, California bound Metrolink commuter train makes its way through the Sand Canyon Fire near Tunnel #19. The 22,000+ acre wild fire has forced Antelope Valley Line trains to operate at r... (more)

An F59, F40 and 4-8-4 walk into a bar... Metrollink lined up the "old equipment" to display with their brand new F125. Wonder if the F59 and/or F40 will live on like the Northern.

As the sun sets on the Pacific Ocean Metrolink train 606 rides the coastline as surfers wait to ride the next wave.

With freshly touched up 'heritage paint' F59PH 859 on the point Metrolink train 207 accelerates away from the station at Via Princessa and towards the siding at Honby. Train 207 terminates in Via ... (more)

An Amtrak Cascades service train rolls south over a trestle at a marina near White Rock, BC in June 2000. This is the afternoon run from Vancouver, BC to Seattle, WA.