Summer is always a busy time on the Surf Line. Due to a high number of travelers during ComiCon and the opening week of the Del Mar Races, an extra Pacific Surfliner train was run just ahead of tr... (more)

Kite Surfers, children and parents stop for a moment to watch the passing of the Cans. Union Pacific ET44AH No. 2756 salutes the crowd with waves,bells and whistles. How can you not like a train?

Fresh into service a Hitachi class 800 rounds the seawall south of Dawlish with a train for Plymouth.

An endangered F59PH leads Metrolink 667 toward San Clemente as it skirts the Pacific Ocean in the afternoon light.

When you think of Metrolink...you probably don't picture its trains skirting the Pacific Ocean. Trains find themselves hugging this section of the coast line daily, however, as the commuter railro... (more)

A matched Pacific Surfliner set skirts the shoreline as a paddle boarder watches it pass from the ocean.

With a pair of Northern California cars and CDTX 2051 on the point, Amtrak 782 hustles into Emma Wood State Beach and under Pacific Coast Highway No. 1 as it skirts the Pacific Ocean this afternoo... (more)

Patiently waiting in the siding at Seacliff, Amtrak 761 has stopped at the south end of the siding to allow passengers to enjoy the ocean view before pulling down to the north end to meet Amtrak 7... (more)

Its another great morning in Carpinteria as Amtrak 761, with a trio of Amtrak California cars and the CDTX 2051 on the rear, skirts the Pacific Ocean as it rolls through the city's namesake Bluff... (more)

Skiritng the Pacific Ocean just north of Emma Wood State Beach, UP 2760 leads the northbound PGMSL1 11 (Gemco, Calif. to San Luis Obispo, Calif.) business car special, 17 cars total, over the ex-S... (more)

Skirting the Pacific Ocean on a beautiful afternoon along the west coast, Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, races across the 811-foot long trestle at Gaviota as it heads for its next stat... (more)

Regional train Palermo-Messina

After a seven year absence, Amtrak's sole-operating Great Dome car, the 1955-built "Ocean View," returned to a regularly scheduled Pacific Surfliner train as it joined the single-level H... (more)

Rolling out the final miles along the coast after completing its job of dropping rail between Santa Barbara and Seacliff, UP 4877 leads a southbound rail train toward Emma Wood State Beach and Ven... (more)

Its easy to see what the once popular "Daylight" passenger trains were called 'the most beautiful train's in the world' as they skirted the Pacific Ocean at locations like this. While the days of ... (more)