A northbound Pacific Surfliner makes its way up the coast of southern California during golden hour as people enjoy the sunset on the beach.

Surfers ride waves and a Pacific Surfliner rides along the coast of southern California at last light.

A lone woman is perched on the beach with a book in hand... The passing Pacific Surfliner train didn't phase her in the least. To each their own!

A railfan's paradise... San Clemente offers wonderful beach views with plenty of train action. Even my wife and two boys enjoyed watching this Pacific Surfliner roll through the heart of this beac... (more)

A perfectly matched Pacific Surfliner set rolls past the San Clemente Pier as the sun tries to burn off the marine layer on this quiet morning.

Beach bodies and wide cabs? Usually the BNSF runs at night on this line, however Metrolink had a lot of BNSF power on lease due to safety concerns with their cab cars during the summer of 2016.

Visitors enjoy their time at the beach while Amtrak 774 races along the coast at San Clemente Pier, CA.

A very off schedule BNSF freight heads up the Surf Line at San Clemente behind a pair of Tier 4 GEs. Westbound freights typically pass through here in the late evening hours, but today's train off... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner with the 464 and 455 head through scenic San Clemente.

Amtrak EMD F59PHI No. 456 leads a southbound Pacific Surfliner through Encinitas on its way to San Diego from Los Angeles.

A couple visitors to the beaches of San Clemente gaze up at a late, daylight H-BARSDG1 as the train rolls along the Pacific Ocean on the ex-ATSF "Surf Line".

A Metrolink commuter train passes the beaches of San Clemente bound for the Inland Empire.

Train 784, the afternoon doubleheaded Surfliner bound for San Diego, banks into the quiet beach community of San Clemente.

A double header of F59PHIs lead this Pacific Surfliner through San Clemente at sunset.

My last chance to catch one of the leased BNSF AC4400s in passenger service on Metrolink was a nail biter. The train was running late and I helplessly watched shadows quickly take over my scene. L... (more)