Running on the advertised out of Santa Barbara, southbound Amtrak train #11 sprints along the California Coast as it passes beach goers at Emma Wood State Beach near Ventura on the former Souther... (more)

A Northbound surfliner makes its run up the California Coast in the late afternoon.

A rare mileage run for CalRail 2020 in Ventura's convention, departs Saticoy, heading east to Piru. Saticoy depot is pretty much intact from what the Southern Pacific had built here (although now ... (more)

The first southbound Surfliner of the morning skirts the Pacific north of Ventura. This photo was taken by my girlfriend as I drove, her first contribution to the site.

Heading down the 101 at sunrise, we came across the early southbound Surfliner just north of Ventura

Railfanning in luxury! Spending a couple of days at Rincon Beach in a friend's class A motorhome. The Pacific Surfliner heads North after making the Ventura stop.

Northbound Amtrak Coast Starlight 14 looks good in the low winter light on the first day of December as it approaches the grade crossing in the small beachfront community of Faria Beach, just nort... (more)

Empty oil heads north on the Santa Barbara Sub along Rincon Parkway just south of CP S. Seacliff after a day of rain.

Luck finds clear skies instead of the typical "June Gloom", as this northbound manifest heads up the Pacific Coastline on UP's Santa Barbara Subdivision.

Auto train on UP's Santa Barbara Sub headed southbound along the Pacific Coast.

With UP 4027.

An F40PH leads a mix of Superliner and California Cars on a San Diegan in 1998.

P42 119 leads the northbound Coast Starlight at Faria Beach. For a comparison photo 8 years later, see http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=136908

Southbound Surfliner 774 from San Luis Obispo is nearing the end of its run along the Pacific just north of Ventura. The rails will soon cut inland, and passengers won't see the ocean again until... (more)

While waiting for a photo of Amtrak 799, I was pleasantly surprised to catch a southbound UP freight. Ironically, in the summer months when the sun is right for this shot, morning fog is very com... (more)