Coaster 656 heads off the Del Mar bluffs with an F59 on the rear bound for San Diego.

I was done shooting for the day and walking back to my car, when the Amtrak from San Diego to LA started blowing behind me. Clouds and a leading cab car, I wasn't planning on a photo. Then the sun... (more)

A pleasant surprise arrives, as an early "Daygo" (crew nickname for the San Diego to Barstow freight) arrives on the bluffs. Literally one car length closer, this was in shadow as clouds... (more)

Coaster train 662 is shoving at track speed with F40 2101 doing the honors. This is the last inbound train of the day to San Diego.

Coaster train 657 from San Diego to Oceanside heads over the bluffs with a F59PHI in the lead. The F59s will also be getting replaced, but not until a later Charger order is filled.

Coaster train 655 from San Diego to Oceanside heads over the bluffs with a venerable F40 in the lead. The F40s' replacement Chargers are almost here.

Amtrak Surfliner 785 passes over the Del Mar Bluffs on its way north to LA and beyond.

Trespassers swarm the track, causing the northbound Amtrak Surfliner to slow its approach tremendously. Amazingly, some stayed on the track until the train was a 100 yards away.

The San Diego County Fair is in full swing as a Coaster commuter train passes it northbound, crossing the San Dieguito River as it does. This three-car train is heading from San Diego to Oceansid... (more)

An F40 leads Coaster 655 along the Del Mar bluffs with an Oceanside-bound passenger train.

An outbound freight hugs the Del mar bluffs in the late evening.

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners are so named because for much of their trip through southern California, they skirt the Pacific Ocean. The bluffs in Del Mar, not too far north of San Diego, pr... (more)

A southbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner skirts the shores of the Pacific on a quite Sunday morning along the Del Mar bluffs.

Skirting the Pacific Ocean, Amtrak train 572 is living up to its Pacific Surfliner name as it skirts the beach along the expensive real estate of the Del Mar Bluffs. Amtrak P42DC 172, a Ju... (more)

A Pacific Surfliner train rolls along its scenic namesake.