On their last night in Los Angeles, CDTX 2051 and 2052 are seen posed beneath the 1927-built Sears, Roebuck & Company mail order building that with its well known neon letters still burning bright... (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)

A brand new Charger brings up the rear of this Eastbound Amtrak as it passes the start of double track at West Bakersfield.

Southbound Amtrak No. 768 with three extra Superliner cars makes for a Nine car Surfliner. Departing Santa Barbara at 6:46am it arrives in Ventura just after sunrise. With the tide high you get a ... (more)

With just inches to spare. When I first got word that CDTX 2051 and 2052 were coming down from Oakland to assist on expanded Pacific Surfliner trains, I was ecstatic. Growing up in the Cent... (more)

Amtrak California B32-8 No. 2051 from the San Joaquin corridor in Northern California help bolster Pacific Surfliner capacity. Running on Pacific Surfliner No.792, No. 2051 takes a sunset beac... (more)

All The Makings of California...Down to California Street. As Amtrak 761 approaches its next station stop of Ventura, all the makings of a picture from California come into view. With the P... (more)

Rolling the final mile into Los Angeles Union Station, CDTX 2051 leads Amtrak 782 past Terminal Tower as the train negotiates the many switches on its way into Track 12.

One Last Time. On the day it was scheduled to return north to Oakland, CDTX 2052 finds itself once again serving on a Pacific Surfliner with three additional Amtrak California cars as it d... (more)

The northbound Pacific Surfliner from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo meets the pacific coast for the first time today after having just departed Ventura. At this point, the 101 between Santa Barba... (more)

Amtrak Helps Out: In mid January of 2018, mudslides along the coast south of Santa Barbara forced the closure of Highway 101 for more than a week, driving many people to turn to Amtrak for travel ... (more)

The NPCU Cabbage, Salute to Veterans attired unit, trails the Northbound Amtrak Extra No. 765 to Santa Barbara. With Hwy 101 now reopened this train will probably be discontinued.

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)

Following a round trip between Los Angeles-Goleta and back on Amtrak trains 761/782, CDTX 2051 rests at the bumper of Track 12 with three Amtrak California coaches. Brought down from Oakland to as... (more)

Southbound Amtrak No.768, the early morning Surfliner from Santa Barbara, heads into the sunrise as it reaches Ventura.