Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #578 accelerates out of the station in Orange, California, with F59PHI 457, making its inaugural run in its new wrap markings, advising people to stay off the track... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #578 accelerates out of the station in Orange, California, with F59PHI 457, making its inaugural run in it's new wrap markings, advising people to stay off the trac... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #578 makes a station stop at Orange, California, with F59PHI 457 on the point, making its inaugural run in it's new wrap markings, advising people to stay off the t... (more)

Amtrak F59PHI 459 pulls a Southbound Surfliner fresh out of Anaheim, CA.

Metrolink train 640, seen here passing through Santiago Park on the Orange/Santa Ana line, is one of Metrolink's new short-route trains operating between Fullerton and Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo,... (more)

Each July, the horse racing season comes to San Diego County's Del Mar Racetrack. And with it, increased ridership on Amtrak's Surf Line, and to handle the increased crowds one train set of older... (more)

After six days of rain, Christmas Eve 2010 was bright and sunny in southern California. To the chagrin of railfans, however, the railroads were not very active - Even Metrolink was running their ... (more)

The smart commuters are on Metrolink train 689 (Irvine to Los Angeles) rather than the Garden Grove Freeway above. With F59PHI 883 shoving on the rear, the train is approaching the stop in Orange... (more)

On July 29th, 2010, Metrolink train 808 (Oceanside to San Bernardino) departs Orange, California, with a pair of diesels (F59PHI 886 and F58PH 871), and the one of the first coaches to be painted ... (more)

Amtrak train #860 is scheduled to operate from Oceanside to San Bernardino. But on June 26, 2010, the train originated in San Clemente due to some major track work being performed north of Oceans... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #763 passes through downtown Orange, California, on Memorial Day, May 31, 2010. Power for today's train, which runs from San Diego to Goleta, is F59PHI 457, painte... (more)

Amtrak train 583, one of the day's twelve northbound Pacific Surfliners, passes through the city of Orange, California, on May 30, 2010. The engine, F59PHI, is wearing a special scheme to ... (more)

With boxcars of newsprint in tow for the LA Times, the Costa Mesa local turns south at CP Maple in Orange, CA.

UP's LOA32 local speeds south passing Angel Stadium of Anaheim seen on the left.

Former Superliner coach 31046 has been decorated with a wrap to commemorate the upcoming National Train Day on May 8, 2010 (with an ad for Subway apparently paying some of the costs). The car is ... (more)