Workhorse. Just months away from turning 33 years old, Metrolink F59PHR #856 leads eastbound San Bernardino Line train 1354 through the city of La Verne towards San Bernardino. Now the sec... (more)

Metrolink F59PHR 856, a 33-year-old veteran, leads its train to San Bernardino having just departed Claremont.

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)

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)

Metrolink 661 arrives in LA with an F59 on the rear.

A couple F59s are head end power for a rail train that is working on the River and Valley Subs.

In between dropping rail in LA, the Metrolink rail train lays over in Burbank.

The Metrolink rail train lays over between trips with a pair of F59s for power.

Metrolink 663 passes a rail train that is getting refueled at El Toro.

A full rail train sits on the siding at El Toro as they wait their evening recrew before proceeding to San Juan Capistrano.

It's not every day that you see a pair of F59s back to back, but last week Metrolink greeted us to this duo, which were used to drop rail on the Orange, Perris Valley and San Gabriel Subs.

A rail train lays over between duties on the siding east of the Irvine station with a pair of F59s for power.

The sun has just broke from the early morning cloud cover and greets these two old F59s as they await their next assignment. With a population nearing 300,000, Irvine is a pretty large City, but d... (more)

A Metrolink Rail Train rests on the siding between El Toro and Bake as it awaits its overnight trip to San Juan Capistrano.

Metrolink 662 passes a Work Extra with a couple F59s for power at Irvine.