Sunrise on the Coast Route at Mondos Beach near Ventura, finds the early morning Pacific Surfliner heading southbound into the rising sun.

Union Pacific SD59MX No.9908 gleaming in fresh paint, leads the Gaudalupe Local northbound through the Amtrak Surfliner Platform in Ventura.

Northbound Surfliner No. 767 rolls through Emma Wood State Park.Scattered showers pass through Ventura on this Fall Day.

Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, highballs Ventura and rolls through Emma Wood State Park.

A family, all bundled up for the wet, cold weather, smiles for a quick cell phone photo taken by a kind Metrolink security guard with the backdrop of Fillmore & Western Railway No. 14. A 1913-buil... (more)

Sitting on the north leg Metrolink's Montalvo Wye, Fillmore & Western No. 14 pauses in the rain prior to beginning its eastbound journey home for Fillmore.

Despite the rain, a good crowd gathers on the Metrolink platform at East Ventura to take in the site of the 1913-built, Fillmore & Western steam locomotive No. 14 as it makes its annual, rare-mila... (more)

City of San Francisco Takes to the Coast. The 1955-built dome car No. 9009, named the City of San Francisco in 1993, looks sharp as it brings up the rear of this afternoon's business... (more)

The return trip from San Luis Obispo for the Union Pacific 2 day excursion for the California Short Line Railroad Association from Burbank Ca. to San luis Obispo and return on the Santa Barbara S... (more)

A Ballast Train is being used for PTC testing on the Coast Route between Oxnard Ca, MP 409, and Seacliff Siding, MP 385, the last couple of days. Southbound UP No. 8601 leads the PTC train back to... (more)

About to pass under the old Hwy 1 overpass,westbound Amtrak California Surfliner the Triple 7, No. 777 to San luis Obispo from San Diego, rolls through Emma Wood State Park.

Clouds move in off the Pacific Ocean as a southbound Repo Auto Rack cruses along the beach to Ventura. The Auto Rack Repo moves are a rarity along the coast now days because of Precision Scheduled... (more)

Running !.5 hours late, the northbound Coast Starlight has 3 Private Varnish gracing the rear. Former AOE Sleeper, Berlin. A Milwaukee Road Super Dome. And Stainless Pacific Union bringing up the ... (more)

Southbound Union Pacific SD70M No. 4219 rolls a string of Auto Repo between the Pacific Ocean at Summer Beach. and the lush hills of the Ventura Coastside.

The sun drops below the overcast and highlights the lush hillsides on the coastside. We haven't hand a a rainy season like this in years and can only hope the drought is over. The southbound Gaua... (more)