Eastbound Deadhead waits for the signal to cross India Street.

Coaster 665 takes the last batch of Commuters away from San Diego.

The nocturnal local made an unusual stop at the Passenger Depot to let a Westbound Autorack through on track four. Here a Crewman waits to do the rollby. Power is two Dash-8s sandwiching a GP60B... (more)

Amtrak southbound train 572 crosses the Loma Alta Creek in Oceanside, CA. Progress on the extension of Oceanside siding is evident in the background and off to the side. This bridge will need to... (more)

566 sails by in a classic pose. I can never resist visiting this spot when I'm in the area.

651 makes a Westbound dash to Oceanside under a thin layer of smoke from the Witch fire. Only 5 days before I took this photo the area was under a mandatory evacuation order, and the area was so ... (more)

Turning inland toward the now ignored Del Mar station, the Racetrack, and eventually Solana Beach Station.

The sun is setting as an Amtrak crew takes their Coaster commuter train around the bend onto Torrey Pines State Beach for the final time. Herzog is taking over operation of the service on 1 July,... (more)

Crossing the Soledad Lagoon wondering when we'll see each other again. I hope "soon" is the answer!

Coaster 655x sits next to AMTK 597 as both trains prepare for their departures 15 minutes apart. The x indicates that it's a non-revenue train, Herzog is training emloyees for their ops takeover ... (more)

An on-time Amtrak Coast Starlight train 11 was led in to LA today by a rare, pure P32 lashup... and as a bonus both Units were in the Phase V (Pepsi Crystal) Scheme!

653 slides up and around the nose of a BNSF Military train (loaded with about 4000 feet worth of brand new Humvees) as it leaves the layover yard.

Amtrak 589 hosts an unusual guest. After a couple of F59s marked off sick the 503 was recalled from switching duties to stretch its legs on the Surfline. As far as I know this was the first time... (more)

Local job waits with a cut of box cars it's working as the Conductor prepares four of the cars to be deposited on the adjacent spur.

Amtrak HHP8 655 heads up a Silver Service train to Florida as seen during a station stop at Wilmington, DE.