Amtrak 453 shoves a morning express Surfliner through Heroes Park.

Since the Amfleet consist was hogging three F59PHI's and several more were in maintenance or occupied with active revenue service, Amtrak didn't have enough F59PHI locomotives in working condition... (more)

These are known to the locals as "monkey tunnels." To this day I have no idea why.

A southbound Surfliner speeds down the stretch of track where my interest in trains was born