Due to weekend trackwork no Amtrak trains are running through San Diego's Santa Fe station, leaving interesting photo ops with several trainsets waiting for Monday.

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Amtrak #503 was once a frequent visitor to San Diego many years ago when it wore its famed "Pepsi Can" paint scheme. 25 years later, Dash 8's like #503 aren't as frequent visiting "... (more)

Back in May 1988, San Diego held a Railfair. Along with much of the collection from nearby Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, the event also included a pair of diesels from the California State Ra... (more)

Nearly two decades after the merger, some Santa Fe locomotives have eluded the paint booth and still display their predecessor colors such as the ATSF 119. The cigar band logo and red warbonnet p... (more)

On its second day of service wearing its new Veterans paint scheme, Amtrak Non-Powered Control Unit 90208 brings up the markers on Pacific Surfliner #774 as it nears the end of its run from... (more)

On "Turkey Day 2015," Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner #566 negotiates the curves on the Surfline's most remote place: Miramar Hill. Towering behind, are the vast office buildings in nearby So... (more)

AMTK 456 (F59PHI) waits in front of the downtown San Diego train station.

In this photo of the San Diego MTS (Metro Transit System) station we can see a number of red S70 units, an EMD F59PHI and F40PH-3C at the head end of the Coaster trains, as well as a couple vintag... (more)

San Diego's Metropolitan Transit System is the oldest of the "second generation" light rail systems in the United States, having begun service on July 26, 1981. A little over thirty yea... (more)

Operation Life Safer "hands scheme"

One of Santa Fe’s GP60M locomotives is found in the San Diego yard this morning. This unit, which is part of a class of 63 locomotives all ordered by the Santa Fe, is still wearing the original... (more)

Rows of brand new Toyota Tacoma pickup trucks assembled at the automaker's Baja California, Mexico plant patiently wait their turn to be loaded onto empty auto racks. Since the plant has no direc... (more)

Restored to service in 1991 (after a five-year rebuild), Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 operated on quite a few trips (Los Angeles to Bakersfield, L.A. to Chicago, L.A. to Sacramento, L.A. to the Grand Canyo... (more)