A Lancaster train passes by an abandoned metal barn in the heart of Soledad Canyon. This is new Metrolink ROW. The original SP route was behind me here.

A Sunday afternoon Metrolink train from Lancaster to Los Angeles is about half way or so into its long run as it heads under the Soledad Canyon Road bridge deep in the canyon.

Heading to the Big City

Metrolink train 751, operating from Riverside to Los Angeles, departs the La Sierra station in western Riverside, California, on August 13, 2016. One of the ... (more)

The iconic 6th Street Viaduct in downtown Los Angeles, setting of every car commercial ever made, is being torn down in the background as Metrolink 702 to South Perris races south. Since this phot... (more)

Metrolink approaches the station with a BNSF in the background.

The New Kid in Town

Two days after the official dedication ceremony, Metrolink Cab Car 602 leads a test train through Anaheim on its way from Oceanside back to Los Angeles. F59PH 85... (more)

Northbound Metrolink train hugs the Pacific Ocean past surfers and beach goers at San Clemente.

The beach has started to clear out as dinner time nears, but the life guards are still around to barely notice yet another train pass by.

Metrolink 404 begins its trip to Riverside by running along the east bank of the LA River and by the tagged up power at UP's 4th Street Yard.

A Lancaster, California bound Metrolink commuter train makes its way through the Sand Canyon Fire near Tunnel #19. The 22,000+ acre wild fire has forced Antelope Valley Line trains to operate at r... (more)

A BNSF AC4400CW leads a deadhead double set into Los Angeles Union Station. This train will take a platform and then be cut into two trains for their revenue outbound runs.

Because what you really need for commuter trains is the ability to pull huge amounts of tonnage at very low speeds without burning out the traction motors, a pair of BNSF AC4400CWs await their tru... (more)

Metrolink 642 arrives at Santa Ana station at dusk under dramatic skies. The smoke is from a massive wildfire 60 miles away in Santa Clarita.

An F59, F40 and 4-8-4 walk into a bar... Metrollink lined up the "old equipment" to display with their brand new F125. Wonder if the F59 and/or F40 will live on like the Northern.

As the sun sets on the Pacific Ocean Metrolink train 606 rides the coastline as surfers wait to ride the next wave.