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)

There is a big crowd on hand as Amtrak train 572, a Los Angeles to San Diego Pacific Surfliner, departs the Fullerton Transportation Center behind F59PHI 463. But the crowd is hear for the... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 572, heading from Los Angeles to San Diego, passes through CP Maple, the junction of Metrolink's Orange Sub and Olive Sub (and thus the plethora of switches), in Or... (more)

Not Your Typical Surfliner!

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 572, making its way from San Diego to Los Angeles, is radically different than the usual Surfliners: (A... (more)

Having spent the holidays in New York with the grandkids, we missed all the precipitation that occurred in southern California (darn it … us natives love when it rains here!). But on our first ... (more)

Skirting the Pacific Ocean, Amtrak train 572 is living up to its Pacific Surfliner name as it skirts the beach along the expensive real estate of the Del Mar Bluffs. Amtrak P42DC 172, a Ju... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #572 passes by a stand of eucalyptus trees near San Diego's Mission Bay as it ticks off the last few miles of its run from Los Angeles to San Diego on November 8th,... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #572 winds its way through San Diego's Rose Canyon as it decends the last hill into San Diego, California, on August 17th, 2013. This trainset is pulled by P42DC 1... (more)

Amtrak Train #572 just pulled into San Diego on a early Sunday afternoon with Amtrak's Phase IV Anniversary/Heritage Unit. This was a rare occurrence that 184 was put on in LAUPT. It was nice that... (more)

Built in 1925 by the Santa Fe Railway, the causeway bisecting the Los Penasquitos still serves nearly 50 trains per day at speeds up to 90mph. Amtrak 91 pours on the power to spend a couple miles ... (more)

On the last day of 1992, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #572 arrives in Los Angeles, California. The train, seen passing Los Angeles Union Station's Terminal Tower, is powered by one of only 20 ... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #572 passes through the parallel crossovers just east of the passenger station in Fullerton, California, on December 22nd, 2012. This train, running from Los Angele... (more)

Back when they were new in the early 1990s, Amtrak's Dash 8-32BWH diesels hauling Horizon Fleet and Amfleet cars on the San Diegans was the norm. But since the delivery of dedicated Pac... (more)

Pacific Surfliner train 572 (with its uncommon consist) begins to make it's way along the Del Mar Cliffs en route to San Diego. Interesting catch in the beautiful California sun.

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner Train 572 charges for Fullerton doing track speed as it honks for the Lakeland Ave crossing.