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)

Metrolink train 667 departs Santa Ana, California, on its way from Oceanside to Los Angeles on September 3, 2017. SCAX F59PH 862 is shoving on the rear of this train as it heads north at 7:01 pm,... (more)

A military train, heading to USMC Camp Pendleton, passes through the passenger station in Santa Ana, California, on a hot and humid September 3, 2017. This train, symboled U-BARSDG1-02A, has BNSF... (more)

Fond Farewell. Twenty years ago, a new breed of locomotive first traveled the rails between San Luis Obispo and San Diego. The new, sleek F59PHIs with their simple, yet beautiful paint sche... (more)

This is the train we took to San Diego, catched just before arrival. After the photo I had to run to the platform, and I almost felt down....thanks to the conductor for waiting...!

Best. Paint. Scheme. Ever.

Amtrak San Diegan #78 makes its stop in Santa Ana late in the day on an August 1971 afternoon. Amtrak was just over three months old at this time, ... (more)

Metrolink 642 arrives at Santa Ana station at dusk under dramatic skies. The smoke is from a massive wildfire 60 miles away in Santa Clarita.

The Builder's Plate Calls 'Em Dash 8-40BP, Not P40DC

Amtrak San Diegan #574 departs from Santa Ana, California, in November 1993. Leading this San Diego-bound train is Amtrak... (more)

Train Time in Santa Ana.

Amtrak train #574, a southbound San Diegan, arrives at the Santa Ana station on Fourth Street. Santa Ana, the county seat of Orange County, was serve... (more)

Heading south on the number One Main, and approaching the Santa Ana, California, Amtrak/Metrolink station, is BNSF Railway's M-BARSDG1-27A, a merchandise train heading from Barstow to San Diego. ... (more)

Besides along Lincoln Avenue in Santa Ana, Calif., where else do trains run so fast so close to private homes? Here was former UP E9 No. 912 racing Amtrak Train 770 at maximum authorized speed o... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #583 (San Diego to Los Angeles) arrived at Santa Ana, California, 45 minutes late on January 15th, 2013. But, since I wasn't a passenger, I didn't mind as it arriv... (more)

The old single-story stucco Santa Fe passenger station in Santa Ana was replaced by this imposing structure - the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center. When the new station, which serves Amtra... (more)

Metrolink train #662 (Los Angeles to Laguna Niguel / Mission Viejo) crosses Santa Ana Boulevard as it rolls into the Santa Ana Transportation Center, making its stop 13 minutes late. Power for th... (more)