The best dispatchers anticipate train movements far in advance - and as a result are probably pretty good at playing Tetris! "I've got an eastbound here, a track out of service there, and a westb... (more)

SCAX 873 at MP 165 - Metrolink Train 687 in route to Los Angeles Union Station from Oceanside, pushes away from the passenger platform at Fullerton California on the Friday before 2015 Full... (more)

There is a nice contrast in railroad technology in Fullerton, California, on May 3rd, 2015. On the left, on display for the annual Fullerton Railroad Days, is Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 (built in 1927) ... (more)

A 91-Line train heads down the Los Angeles River at 4th Street, with the 1st Street Bridge in the background and the BNSF 1st Street Yard to the left.

A train from Oceanside shoves towards Union Station as a pocket of sun sneaks out for just a few minutes on a rather cloudy day. The 6th Street Bridge in the background is down to its last few mon... (more)

The 868 leads its train northbound along the coast of southern Cali at golden hour.

The 868 leads its train southbound along the coast of southern Cali.

Pushing its train northbound through the beach stop of San Clemente.

Moments after being righted from the ditch, sidebooms lift SCAX 645 back onto the tracks.

Metrolink train 640, one of the Fullerton to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo shuttles, enters the city of Orange after crossing the Santa Ana River. F59PHI 886 is up front, and cab car 639 is bringin... (more)

Metrolink F59PH #871 leads a San Bernardino-bound train through Claremont on Valentine's Day.

A Southbound Metrolink train #662 at San Clemente Beach on 1/31/15.

A sound bound Metrolink train #662 at San Clemente Beach, San Clemente, California.

A sound bound Metrolink train #859 at San Clemente Beach, San Clemente, California.

A Moorpark train makes a brief stop in downtown Burbank to both pick up and left off passengers.