BNSF Railway train O-SDGTOP1-27A, an Officer Special that on its way from San Diego (94.9 miles, or 152.9 km, to the south of this location) to Topeka, Kansas (roughly 1500 miles, or 2414 km, from... (more)

Metrolink Orange County Line train 608, pulled by F125 925, makes a stop at the station in Orange as Metrolink Orange County Line train 609, pushed by F125 935, begins heading out of the station. ... (more)

Union Pacific train LOA32, the "Costa Mesa Local," hops onto Metrolink's Orange Sub for slightly over 5 miles (a bit over 8 km) thanks to the widening of Interstate 5 requiring the land ... (more)

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train H-BARSDG1-26 departed Barstow westbound, but changed to eastbound when it transitioned off Metrolink's Olive Sub about a quarter mile back; on Metrolink'... (more)

This Is Not Exactly As It Appears…

In 1991, General Electric built 20 Dash 8-32BWH diesels, all for Amtrak. While they didn't have anything close to a streamlined look, railfa... (more)

Rolling through the Metrolink station in Orange is Union Pacific train LOA32, the local that originates in the railroad's West Anaheim Yard and then heads south, some of it on Metrolink trackage (... (more)

New Year's Day's rain has stopped and, passing through the city of Orange (not a stop on Amtrak, but a stop on Metrolink), is Amtrak train 580, heading from Los Angeles to San Diego. CDTX (Amtrak... (more)

Twenty minutes after sunrise on Thanksgiving Day, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 562 passes through Orange on its journey from Los Angeles to San Diego. Because of the long Thanksgiving week and... (more)

Popping into a sunny spot thanks to a hole in the morning's clouds is Union Pacific Railroad's train LOA32, the "Costa Mesa Local". This train operates every Monday and Wednesday, origin... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad GP40M-2 1529 leads train LOA32, the eastbound Costa Mesa Local, heading through Metrolink's Control Point Maple (on their Orange Sub) as this local travels from Anaheim to S... (more)

Passing through Control Point Maple on Metrolink's Orange Sub is Orange County Line train 628, heading to Irvine from Los Angeles. Metrolink F125 925, built by EMD in February 2017, is powering t... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 573 heads to Los Angeles from San Diego with coach/café car 6352 wearing a wrap to commemorate Disneyland's 70th Anniversary (Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955), ... (more)

Shoving a batch of covered hoppers into the AGP Processing elevator is Iowa Traction Railway Company 50-Ton Steeplecab 50. Built in October 1920 by Baldwin-Westinghouse, this electric locomotive ... (more)

One day after Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary, I got a tip that the Amtrak car wrapped to commemorate it was heading my way. So, I set up for a clean shot of the car, not realizing that Metrolink... (more)

Heading from Barstow to San Diego, BNSF ES44C4 7008, ES44DC 7865 and ES44C4 8210 are leading train H-BARSDG1-09, comprised of 34 loaded cars. The train is bisecting Chapman University as it passe... (more)