The day started off with 2½-inches of rain, but by 16:30 (4:30 pm) the precipitation had ceased long enough ago that the sun had come out by the time Metrolink train 609 rolled past Depot Park an... (more)

Making its stop in Orange is a southbound Metrolink Orange County Line train, behind F59PH 853. (Orange, California – August 20, 2014)

Metrolink F59PH 852 leads train 859, Inland Empire-Orange County service heading from San Bernardino to Oceanside, through the crossover from northbound Track 1 to southbound Track 2 at CP Maple, ... (more)

Following the delivery of a large number of South Korean-built cars from Hyundai-Rotem, Metrolink trains became, visually, a jumbled mess. Locomotives could be painted in one of three paint schem... (more)

Rounding the superelevated curve on the wye at CP Maple, where Metrolink's Orange and Olive subs connect, is Union Pacific's Coast Mesa local, train LOA32. Normally operated with back-to-back Gee... (more)

Since October 2022, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners operating between Los Angeles and San Diego have utilized a "bus bridge" between Irvine and Oceanside due to a massive right-of-way stabiliza... (more)

Union Pacific Costa Mesa Local LOA32 heads south on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, on which it operates from Anaheim to Santa Ana, at which point it switches back to UP trackage. UP GP60 1083 (ex-UP 1... (more)

Passing through the Metrolink station in Orange is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 580. This afternoon's train is unusual for two reasons: Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH 509, usually used as yard power in ... (more)

Union Pacific's Costa Mesa Local normally operates with two GPs, but on this day the second locomotive (GP60 1083) was missing, perhaps sent to West Colton Yard for some routine maintenance. This... (more)

Union Pacific's Costa Mesa Local is underway once again, heading south to Santa Ana with its ten cars, after a delay of nearly an hour trying to get onto Metrolink's Orange Sub at CP Colleg... (more)

BNSF Railway Bi-Level Coach/Lounge 40, the "Fox River," seen in BNSF Officer Special O-LACSDG9-11 (Los Angeles to San Diego) was built by Pullman-Standard in 1955 as Southern Pacific gal... (more)

A former Soo Line business car, built in 1921, brings up the markers (in this case, old school marker lights) as Amtrak San Diegan 578 rushes through the city of Orange on its way from Los ... (more)

The morning's "May Gray" overcast has just burned off and it is a pleasant 73ºF (23ºC) as BNSF Railway's freight to San Diego, the H-BARSDG1-17A, passes through the Metrolink station (... (more)

The conductor on Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 785 (San Diego to Goleta) has detrained in order to flag the Palm Avenue grade crossing on Metrolink’s Orange Sub. This train is running about 9... (more)

Union Pacific's Costa Mesa Local, UP LOA32, heads from Anaheim to Santa Ana via Metrolink's Orange Sub behind UP GP40P-2 (one of only three ever built) and GP60 1083 pulling ten cars (2 covered ho... (more)