Home at Last. Four years after Stadler was awarded a contract to build three Diesel Multiple Units for San Bernardino County's Redlands Passenger Rail Project, the first DMU was delivered t... (more)

Rise of the Rotems. After many months of extensive testing and fixing a radio issue, Metrolink's new Hyundai Rotem cab cars can now be seen leading trains around Southern California. Here w... (more)

The Grand Return. Five years after it last ran on the mainline, Santa Fe 3751 returned to the rails to great fanfare for an Amtrak safety event in Fullerton, CA following its 15 year rebuil... (more)

The new leader of the pack. One of Metrolink's new F125 "Spirit" Tier 4 locomotives, the third built, though the first to be delivered, sits on display at Los Angeles Union Statio... (more)

The morning fog begins to lift near Del Mar as a southbound Coaster train snakes around the shoreline, looking quite small against the ocean.

UP Big Boy #4014 has just departed Barstow as it heads to West Colton on the second day of its Southern California excursion.

After sitting idle in Coaster's Stuart Mesa yard for over a year, the railroad’s 5 former F40PHM-2C locomotives hitch a ride on a San Diego to Barstow autorack train, likely towards their demise... (more)

The westbound Pasadena Local passes through Claremont with a GP60M still in the Warbonnet paint scheme along with three other GP60Ms on its way to Irwindale.

Fond Farewell. Twenty years ago, a new breed of locomotive first traveled the rails between San Luis Obispo and San Diego. The new, sleek F59PHIs with their simple, yet beautiful paint sche... (more)

Glistening in its beautifully restored Bicentennial paint scheme, the ATSF 5704 sits on display at Los Angeles Union Station for Train Festival 2023. While it is currently being stored in the BNSF... (more)

Metrolink Rotem cab car #666 has finally hit the rails! Here, having just arrived Los Angeles from San Bernardino, it sits next to sister cab car #653. Good twin, evil twin?

A mid-day Metrolink train leaves the Claremont station behind as it travels to Los Angeles on a warm, late-Winter day. The train, with only a single Bombardier car, represents the growing number o... (more)

Train time is on time! Metrolink train 367 bound for Los Angeles arrives at the historic Claremont Depot not a minute off schedule.

Amtrak's 40th Anniversary train basks in the Southern California sun during its last stop in the state. The train is made up of five cars, including a Budd 10-6 sleeper "Pacific Bend", three forme... (more)

Rare Sight A Metrolink train with 5 Hyundai Rotem cars with a matching F59PH in phase 3 paint, quite a rare set given that most Metrolink trains operate with a mix of Rotem and older Bombar... (more)