Rolling into the Santa Ana Transportation Center is Metrolink train 686, with F125 932 on the head-end. This Orange County Line train originated in Los Angeles and will terminate in Irvine … an... (more)

Amtrak Southwest Chief train #3 and Metrolink 660 for Oceanside each service the station at Fullerton.

One of a handful of F59s that have been reactivated to assist the ailing F125 and MP36 fleets shove on the rear of train 661 as they depart Fullerton bound for Los Angeles.

Back in 1997 I had an absolute dream job (except for the lower than expected pay and the drive to Burbank and home each day which probably took ten years off my life). Still, I was working at NBC,... (more)

Making a stop in Orange is Metrolink train 602, heading from Los Angeles to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. SCAX F125 907 leads this five-car train on this stormy day. (Orange, California – Febru... (more)

A Stadler FLIRT DMU for Metrolink's Arrow service passes under the palm trees at the newly constructed Redlands - Downtown station. At the current time, the DMUs operate exclusively on the nine-mi... (more)

Bisecting Chapman University is Metrolink train 604, heading to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo from Los Angeles. (Train 604 normally goes all the way to Oceanside, but unstable ground under the main... (more)

Making its stop in Orange is a southbound Metrolink Orange County Line train, behind F59PH 853. (Orange, California – August 20, 2014)

Metrolink F59PH 852 leads train 859, Inland Empire-Orange County service heading from San Bernardino to Oceanside, through the crossover from northbound Track 1 to southbound Track 2 at CP Maple, ... (more)

Return to Service. Two and a half years after it was put into storage, Metrolink F59PHR 873 is back in service powering trains around Southern California. The last of Metrolink's original F... (more)

Rushing commuters home to the Inland Empire, Metrolink train 704, a four-car 91/Perris Valley Line train heading from Los Angeles to Perris, has the setting sun reflecting off its sides as it pass... (more)

Changes are afoot at Atwood, a BNSF station in Placentia. The searchlight signals seen on the left will soon be replaced by the tri-light signals already standing in place, and a new apartment bu... (more)

One of a couple F59s left in Metrolink's contingency fleet works a test train operating on the Redlands Branch, which is slated to begin revenue service for the Arrow DMUs and some limited Metroli... (more)

Back From the Dead … Again! I was out to catch Amtrak’s "Pepsi Can" engine on a very late Amtrak train 3, but even more rare was the next train: Metrolink 91/Perris V... (more)

Cruising the Cliffs Coaster 679 sneaks up the Del Mar cliffs on a breezy Saturday afternoon with a relatively-new Siemens Charger leading.