A southbound Surfliner cruises along the Del Mar bluffs above the Pacific Ocean on a muggy day feeling more like the midwest than southern California.

Amtrak's Central Coast Pacific Surfliner is running on-time, although it must have had some heat restrictions on this unseasonably hot spring afternoon. This downtown part of Camarillo has been re... (more)

The train has just departed Solana Beach and is about to run past the Del Mar Fairgrounds.

One of the people in the foreground is the engineer on the run from Maricopa to El Paso - he will see a lot of night running and the final miles into El Paso with the sun in his eyes.

I love that paint scheme.

This is the future of railroading? I miss the SP geeps!

Note the engines in the background waiting for their signal.

San Clemente has nothing on Del Mar.

Check out the waves to the left. These were great swells because of a storm in Hawai'i.

The Coast Starlight had a full, summertime consist today. It was running about 40 minutes late.

Note the beautiful Santa Ynez Mountains and the old Goleta siding.

If I was thinking, I would've taken the picture further back so you could see the SP Moorpark depot. This train was running almost 2 hours late.

The ice cream truck was canvassing the neighborhood at this time.

Can you spot the fall colors? :)

There was some water in Cajon Creek today!