Return to Service. Two and a half years after it was put into storage, Metrolink F59PHR 873 is back in service powering trains around Southern California. The last of Metrolink's original F... (more)

Following the delivery of a large number of South Korean-built cars from Hyundai-Rotem, Metrolink trains became, visually, a jumbled mess. Locomotives could be painted in one of three paint schem... (more)

Rushing commuters home to the Inland Empire, Metrolink train 704, a four-car 91/Perris Valley Line train heading from Los Angeles to Perris, has the setting sun reflecting off its sides as it pass... (more)

Electro/Battery locomotive Eea 936 # 133 of StadlerRail is pulling the new hydrogen Flirt "Flirt H2" for the californian Metrolink from Etzwilen over the Rhine bridge to Hemishofen. The new hydrog... (more)

Electro/Battery locomotive Eea 936 # 133 of StadlerRail is pulling the new hydrogen Flirt "Flirt H2" for the californian Metrolink from Etzwilen over the Rhine bridge to Hemishofen. The new hydrog... (more)

Changes are afoot at Atwood, a BNSF station in Placentia. The searchlight signals seen on the left will soon be replaced by the tri-light signals already standing in place, and a new apartment bu... (more)

One of a couple F59s left in Metrolink's contingency fleet works a test train operating on the Redlands Branch, which is slated to begin revenue service for the Arrow DMUs and some limited Metroli... (more)

Brand new hydrogen powered regional train "Flirt H2" built by StadlerRail in Switzerland for the californian Metrolink, on the way back from the Innotrans exhibition in Berlin to Erlen/S... (more)

Midday gathering of Southern California Regional Rail Authority trainsets before the rush.

Back From the Dead … Again! I was out to catch Amtrak’s "Pepsi Can" engine on a very late Amtrak train 3, but even more rare was the next train: Metrolink 91/Perris V... (more)

A busy morning, as usual, in Fullerton: Metrolink F125 907 brings a 91/Perris Valley Line train, heading from Los Angeles to downtown Riverside, into the station while, on Track 3, an Amtrak P... (more)

Metrolink 117 rounds the curve out of Camarillo with an F59PHI in the lead.

Metrolink 687 meets an eastbound Z train (with a westbound behind that) at the Commerce station with an MP36 on the point.

Metrolink 110 passes LOF41 switching Gemco Yard in Van Nuys with an ex-DRGW GP40-2 and SP GP60 for power.

Out on the Main. For the first time, a Stadler DMU for future Metrolink/Arrow service to Redlands traveled on what are now its home rails. The DMU, #3401, ran one round trip between the Ar... (more)