Daytime Freight on the Coast Line

BNSF Railway train H-SDGBAR1-22 (High Priority Merchandise - today it is all autoracks - heading from San Diego to Barstow) crosses Santiago Creek a... (more)

Some Dispatchers are Better than Others

On May 28, 2017, BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG1-28 was heading from Barstow to San Diego when it was held at Atwood, an old station in eastern A... (more)

I Went Down to the River...

As Metrolink 860 makes its way from Oceanside to San Bernardino it crosses the Santa Ana River as it passes from Orange to Anaheim on May 28, 2017. Cab c... (more)

Open During Construction

Metrolink, southern California’s commuter rail operation, began operating on October 26, 1992. It didn’t take long for this operation to expand, and on ... (more)

Blue Numberboards in Orange

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #580 rushes through the Metrolink station in Orange, California, on April 2, 2017. F59PHI 452 is eighteen years and ten m... (more)

Supersized Surfliner

Passing through Orange, California, is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #768. This train originated in Goleta, near Santa Barbara, but when it arrived in ... (more)

De-Push Mode

Running about 18 minutes late, Metrolink train 689 (Irvine to Los Angeles) approaches the station in Orange, California, on July 13, 2016. As with most Metrolink train i... (more)

A Daytime Delight

BNSF Railway's H-BARSDG1-21 freight, heading from Barstow to San Diego, passes through the city of Orange, California, on May 21st, 2016. This line normally sees f... (more)

Look, Indeed!

BNSF Railway AC4400CW 5643 leads Metrolink train 811 (Riverside to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo) as the train makes a stop in Orange, Cailfornia, on April 1st, 2016. Me... (more)

Heading from Fullerton to Laguna Niguel / Mission Viejo, Metrolink train 640 arrives in Orange, California, on August 20th, 2015.

Union Pacific train LOA31R (a local headed from Anaheim to Santa Ana) exercises trackage rights on the Metrolink-owned line through Orange, California, on February 25th, 2015. The train consists o... (more)

Metrolink train 640, one of the Fullerton to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo shuttles, enters the city of Orange after crossing the Santa Ana River. F59PHI 886 is up front, and cab car 639 is bringin... (more)

As a late autumn storm moves in, one of Amtrak's popular Pacific Surfliner trains passes through Orange, California, on the last day of November 2014. F59PHI 458 was recently overhauled an... (more)

On July 1st, 2014, Metrolink train #689 (Irvine CA to Los Angeles CA) approaches the Orange, California, station. Train #689 includes two unique pieces of equipment in its consist: Coach 187 (the... (more)

A nine-car BNSF Railway passenger special, heading from San Diego, CA, to Albuquerque, NM, slows for a red signal just south of the Orange, California, Metrolink station. The trip will be delayed... (more)