Amtrak engineer Scot Kimberley is at the throttle as Amtrak train 785, a Pacific Surfliner heading from San Diego to Los Angeles, skirts the Pacific Ocean - which, of course, explains why t... (more)

As summer winds down, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 580 skirts the Pacific Ocean at Califia State Beach in San Clemente, California, on August 25, 2018 (just a week before Labor Day weekend). O... (more)

"Beach Running"

Running close to the shore of the Pacific Ocean, a suburban Metrolink service with a mixed rake of Hyundai Rotem and Bombardier Bi-Level cars is slowing for a station stop at San Clemente, bound f... (more)

A westbound Surfliner heads along the Pacific Coast as they depart San Clemente with an F59 that's now serving its second life in Chicago.

An afternoon Metrolink service (last one for the day) has been to Oceanside and is seen here returning to Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal.

Surfers appear unbothered as a southbound Surfliner service races through San Clemente with a GE P42 providing the horses.

Amtrak 451 would become the last F59PHI in Pacific Surfliner service. Seen here shoving a LAUPT train through the stunning location of San Clemente.

A group of families take a pause while enjoying a Veterans Day at the beach to observe the passage of BNSF Special O-SDGSDG2. This train is making a round from San Diego to Laguna Niguel on the sc... (more)

On a cloudless Saturday morning along the Southern California coast, a southbound Amtrak train sneaks up behind two unconcerned women out for their morning walk along a trackside trail.

Amtrak on the Beach: In San Clemente, the railroad literally runs right along the beach. It is little wonder this rail line got the nick name "Surf Line".

Modern Passenger Power on the Beach: A relatively new F125 locomotive brings train 600 south along the beach in San Clemente. Soon, most Metrolink trains will be powered by these locomotive... (more)

Metrolink 860 heads west on the approach to San Clemente North Beach.

An early westbound freight heads by the San Clemente Pier just before sunset.

An endangered F59PH leads Metrolink 667 toward San Clemente as it skirts the Pacific Ocean in the afternoon light.