On a hot afternoon (92º F / 33.333ºC, with 58% humidity) storm clouds have built up over the San Gabriel Mountains. The problem, of course, is lightning, which could possibly start new fires in... (more)

North Meets South … Train 800 Meets Train 600 … 907 Meets 935 … (OK, that last one is more than a bit lame … Sorry about that …)

Meeting at the Metrolink station... (more)

Thanks to Metrolink train 606 breaking down in Santa Fe Springs, and Metrolink train 608 also stopping there to pick up 606's passengers, Metrolink train 712 (91/Perris Valley Line; Los Angeles to... (more)

Departing the station in Orange, and about to diverge from Metrolink's Orange Sub to their Olive Sub (and then onto BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub) is train 802. This train, consisting of F125 931 a... (more)

Running at 60 mph is Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line train 700, with F125 922 pulling 4 cars. This train departed Los Angeles 40 minutes earlier, and it due to arrive in downtown Riverside in ano... (more)

Thanks to Metrolink train 606 breaking down in Santa Fe Springs, and Metrolink train 608 also stopped there to pick up 606's passengers, Metrolink train 712 (91/Perris Valley Line; Los Angeles to ... (more)

It's a busy, and rainy, morning in Fullerton as Metrolink train 707, a 91/Perris Valley Line train (Los Angeles to Perris-South), with F125 915 shoving, loads passengers on Track 3. On Track 2 is... (more)

As the set sets, Metrolink Inland Empire-Orange Line train 860 departs the station in Orange as it heads from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to downtown San Bernardino. (The train usually originates... (more)

Another atmospheric river hits California, but this one isn’t as bad as the one earlier in the month. Metrolink train 802, behind F125 903, rolls to a stop at the station (a former Santa Fe dep... (more)

Heading into the sunset is Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line train 709, making its way west. Metrolink F125 931 is shoving on the rear as the train heads from Perris-South to Los Angeles. (Fullert... (more)

Rolling into the Santa Ana Transportation Center is Metrolink train 686, with F125 932 on the head-end. This Orange County Line train originated in Los Angeles and will terminate in Irvine … an... (more)

Passengers prepare to board LA bound 753 at Fullerton.

Clear By The Pier. The sun was already below the horizon on the Pacific Ocean in San Clemente, California on April 5, 2022 when Metrolink 925 (F125, EMD, 2015-2021) led a train south along ... (more)

My wife used to work with someone who came from the eastern US, and after the San Gabriel Mountains would get some snow, on a clear day he would say, "It looks like we live somewhere." And as we ... (more)

Making a stop in Orange is Metrolink train 602, heading from Los Angeles to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. SCAX F125 907 leads this five-car train on this stormy day. (Orange, California – Febru... (more)