A special full of chartered cars heads south.

5 private varnish and unit 463 hitch a ride from Amtrak's Coast Starlight from LA to San Luis Obispo. The Surfliner unit will bring the varnish back to LA in a special move.

A boy building sand castles with his friend points out this Surfliner while most other locals don't pay it any mind. Such a scenic place!

F59PHI's have oddball rear ends. Not that I was looking or anything.

A longterm Amtrak clerk waits at the exact spot she knows the this Surfliner will stop at - so that she is aligned with the baggage door.

The evening San Diego-San Luis Obispo Surfliner heads north passing a film crew at Emma Wood.

The Surfliner lives up to its name, skirting the surf line up the coast of scenic southern California. The San Clemente pier is visible in the distance.

90 MPH Amtrak train with a goatee!

The AMTK 463 sits in San Diego as the train is prepped to make its afternoon/evening 589 run to Los Angeles. Behind it sits a Coaster, also preparing to make a Northbound run.

AMTK F59PHI 463 brings out another Surfliner set through San Juan Capistrano. Look four cars back, notice the dark coach? That is the 6404, the only Surfliner coach in brand new paint, applied abo... (more)

A few minutes behind the advertised, train 578 hurries south along the coast at the start of a beautiful sunset

A pair of Pacific Surfliners meet up at Fullerton. The northbound train on the near track (track 1) is just departing while the southbound train on track 3 pauses as passengers get on or off the t... (more)

The gangs of Santa Barbara stroll the platform as a Pacific Surfliner to San Luis Obispo unloads. Actually, the kids to the left there were a lot more threatening in real life than they appear in ... (more)

Two Surfliners and a Coaster await under the palm tree's at the beautiful ex-Santa Fe San Diego Station

A northbound Amtrak Surfliner passes the famous Hobart Tower.