Skirting the Pacific Ocean with a colorful pair of additions to this afternoon's train in the form of an extra F59PHi and Amtrak's full-length dome car, Amtrak 790 passes through Emma Wood State B... (more)

The Inland Empire's daily commuter rush is in full swing as SCAX 807 leads Metrolink 732 out of Riverside and toward the sweeping curve at Highgrove that will carry the train onto the Perris Valle... (more)

Twisting and turning toward the small town of Casmalia, Amtrak 1790 heads south for Los Angeles with the lower-level equipment along with the private cars Overland Trail, Pacific Trail and Acoma.

Along the Cliffs: Amtrak F59PHI 455 brings train 580 along the cliffs in Del Mar on its way to San Diego. The plan is to eventually have the railroad bypass this section by means of a tunne... (more)

Amtrak on the Beach: In San Clemente, the railroad literally runs right along the beach. It is little wonder this rail line got the nick name "Surf Line".

One of Sound Transit's morning runs from Everett to Seattle arrives at Edmonds, WA for a station stop. The run has a waterfront view nearly all the way from Everett to King St. Station. It makes a... (more)

Weekend on the River: A weekend 91 Line train runs along the Los Angeles River bound for Riverside. The F59s are slowly but surely becoming harder to see as more F125 locomotives enter serv... (more)

Coasting Along the Cliffs: Northbound train 653 rolls along the coastal bluffs in Del Mar as it heads toward Oceanside.

F59PHI 450 leads Pacific Surfliner train 774 south along the shores of Del Mar, CA towards San Diego. Sadly, the paint matching consists are few and far between these days, as Surfliner's F59's ar... (more)

Amtrak 579 coasts through Del Mar passing some folks fishing the San Dieguito River.

F59PHI 451 hold down the duties as San Diego's "protec" locomotive as 452 and 453 idle having recently arrived double heading Train 768. With the arrival of Siemens Charger locomotives, ... (more)

464 shoves the single level Horizon/Amfleet consist north out of Solana Beach en route to Los Angeles.

Surfin' Through Del Mar: The first southbound Pacific Surfliner train of the day, train 562, rolls across the old wooden trestle next to the Del Mar Fairgrounds behind F59PHI locomotive 452... (more)

Flying over La La Land: A Pacific Surfliner bound for Los Angeles crosses over the LA River on the Redando Flyover. This train is running significantly late, having just been cleared after ... (more)