A Pacific Surfliner makes its station stop at Santa Ana.

General Motors Electro-Motive Division constructed only three GP40P-2 locomotives, all for the Southern Pacific (SP 3197-3199) for use on their commuter trains on the San Francisco Peninsula. The... (more)

General Motors Electro-Motive Division constructed only three GP40P-2 locomotives, all for the Southern Pacific (SP 3197-3199) for use on their commuter trains on the San Francisco Peninsula. Two... (more)

GP40-2 with Flared Radiators!

Now that the power that brought Union Pacific local LOA32 to Santa Ana has cut off and run around the 9-car train, the more interesting locomotive ... (more)

Metrolink train 808 (Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to downtown San Bernardino) is back on Track 1 and about to cross McFadden Avenue after detouring on Track 2 through the Tustin station due to a po... (more)

The power for Union Pacific local LOA32 has run around its eleven-car train, and is now shoving the cars into the industrial complex near the end of the UP’s Santa Ana Industrial Lead. Former C... (more)

Near the southern end of the Union Pacific’s Santa Ana Industrial Lead, UP train LOA32 switches some industries (most notably, Behr Paint). UP GP60s 1083 (ex-UP 1953, née-SSW 9651) and 1105 (e... (more)

A Sad Sight in America These Days

After getting to operate at mainline speeds – 40 to 55 miles per hour – on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, train LOA32 is back on UP’s Santa Ana Ind... (more)

It doesn't seem like it, but the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center is 35-year-old. Since tile roofs typically last anywhere from 50- to 100-years, the fact that the station is getting a ne... (more)

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 affected most aspects of life, including on America’s railroads. Amtrak is operating shortened trains, cancelling other trains, operating reduced schedules, supply... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 580, one of the six southbound trains operating on the COVID-19 reduced schedule, departs the Santa Ana (California) Regional Transportation Center (it’s much mor... (more)

COVID-19 Pandemic Reduced Schedule - The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 has forced Amtrak to cancel a number of trains, effective on March 24, 2020, as evidenced by the Pacific Surfliner ... (more)

BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG1-29 passes through an eerily empty Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center as the sun sets at 7:09 pm (19:09) on March 29, 2020. This High Priority Merchandise train ... (more)

COVID-19 Reduced Service - On Tuesday, March 24, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners began operating on a reduced service schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this new schedul... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 1767, weekend service from San Diego to Goleta; is running 15 minutes late as it departs Santa Ana, California, on a blustery New Year's Day 2019. Siemens SC-44 &q... (more)