The Amtrak 40th Anniversary had the F40 in front at both SoCal expositions (reportedly the Amtrak crews at 8th Street, who set the train up, held the F40 in a special place in their heart). It was... (more)

The Amtrak 40th Anniversary had the F40 in front at both SoCal expositions (reportedly the Amtrak crews at 8th Street, who set the train up, held the F40 in a special place in their heart). It was... (more)

Amtrak F59PHI 457, wearing its special Operation Lifesaver "wrap", shoves on the rear of Pacific Surfliner #769 as it crosses Ash Street, at the northern end of the San Diego station platfo... (more)

The BNSF marking is nearly worn off GP60M 149, which gives the unit the appearance it had before the merger, when it was simply Santa Fe 149. These two GP60Ms (149 and 102), built in 1990, have l... (more)

The 40th Anniversary Amtrak train basks in the winter afternoon sun in front of the train station in San Diego. It's nice to see the classic "Phase III" stripes in San Diego once more.

The Amtrak Fortieth Anniversary Exhibit Train has set up shop in front of the former Santa Fe depot in San Diego, California, and the Amtrak Police K-9 unit is there to protect it! (Actually, the... (more)

The Amtrak 40th Anniversary Exhibit Train sits at the station in San Diego, California, on December 3; 2011. The power has been reversed, as the train was towed into town the night before behind ... (more)

Amtrak 774 passes by under a brilliant, clear southern California Fall sky. On the point she's wearing an oddity for this route, a P32-8BWH. Generally they're reserved for long distance trains a... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #578 has an interesting consist on this September 26, 2011, afternoon - P42DC 62 (P42s are not common power on the Surfliners) and F59PHI 457 in its latest "... (more)

The AMTK 463 sits in San Diego as the train is prepped to make its afternoon/evening 589 run to Los Angeles. Behind it sits a Coaster, also preparing to make a Northbound run.

Waiting to go north with a train to L.A., Santa Fe cars are spotted in the depot tracks. Tack on the PA's and lets go!

In the terminal at San Diego waiting to take a train to L.A. The prime mover was a 244 series engine.

A San Diego Northern "Coaster" commuter train #654 has an approach diverging signal as it crosses the lagoons in the Sorrento Valley in northern San Diego, California, on July 28, 2011. SDNR F40P... (more)

Coaster F40PH-2C 2105 leads train #653 across the lagoons in San Diego's Sorrento Valley as it makes its way north to Oceanside on July 27, 2011.