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.

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)

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 321 passes the eastbound Kaiser Hauler L-CAL0121 at CP-Beech in Fontana.

663 arrives at the San Clemente North Beach station with an F59PH shoving.

A white Metrolink locomotive splices on through the canyon.

The landscape is painted in several different colors, and a white Metrolink splices on through the canyon.

As the remnants of a cold winter storm cluster around the San Gabriel Mountains in the late afternoon, the 20,000-foot high cumulonimbus clouds at the higher elevations were still bathed in late t... (more)

Metrolink 117, led this evening by an aging and endangered F59PH, emerges from Tunnel 27 as it heads for Tunnel 26 that will deposit the train in Simi Valley.

Metrolink Winter-Wonderland! I took a day trip the day after Christmas with a friend who was visiting from out of town, trying to get to Tehachapi for some snow shots. All roads, state routes, eve... (more)

A few years before the decision to buy new F125s was made, Metrolink sent seven of their original F59PHs to MPI to be rebuilt to Tier Two standards. Those are marked for retirement with the rest o... (more)

Metrolink 859 shoves under the searchlight signal bridge in West Corona with an Oceanside bound train.

Metrolink 860 heads west on the approach to San Clemente North Beach.

It's been more than a year since the first EMD F125 arrived on Metrolink's property...and yet, the commuter rail agency continues to struggle in bringing the new units online. In the meantime, the... (more)