Back in 1997 I had an absolute dream job (except for the lower than expected pay and the drive to Burbank and home each day which probably took ten years off my life). Still, I was working at NBC,... (more)

My wife used to work with someone who came from the eastern US, and after the San Gabriel Mountains would get some snow, on a clear day he would say, "It looks like we live somewhere." And as we ... (more)

Making a stop in Orange is Metrolink train 602, heading from Los Angeles to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. SCAX F125 907 leads this five-car train on this stormy day. (Orange, California – Febru... (more)

Contrary to how it looks, this is not a roller coaster; rather it is the Metrolink San Gabriel Sub with a Stadler DMU in Arrow service approaching the Redlands - Esri station.

A Stadler FLIRT DMU for Metrolink's Arrow service passes under the palm trees at the newly constructed Redlands - Downtown station. At the current time, the DMUs operate exclusively on the nine-mi... (more)

Hydrogen powered "Flirt H2" of StadlerRail for the californian Metrolink, during test runs on the museum railway Etwilen-Singen, in Ramsen station. The new train is running tests between... (more)

The Stadler FlirtH2 for the californian Metrolink with hydrogen technology is crossing the Rhine Bridge Hemishofen. There are testruns between Hemishofen and Ramsen, a part of the former never ele... (more)

Bisecting Chapman University is Metrolink train 604, heading to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo from Los Angeles. (Train 604 normally goes all the way to Oceanside, but unstable ground under the main... (more)

20 Cylinders Metrolink 609 shoves west to Los Angeles with an F125. When Metrolink was looking to purchase new locomotives almost a decade ago, they chose between two unique locomotives, t... (more)

The day started off with 2½-inches of rain, but by 16:30 (4:30 pm) the precipitation had ceased long enough ago that the sun had come out by the time Metrolink train 609 rolled past Depot Park an... (more)

Making its stop in Orange is a southbound Metrolink Orange County Line train, behind F59PH 853. (Orange, California – August 20, 2014)

Metrolink F59PH 852 leads train 859, Inland Empire-Orange County service heading from San Bernardino to Oceanside, through the crossover from northbound Track 1 to southbound Track 2 at CP Maple, ... (more)

First testrun of the Stadler FlirtH2 for the californian Metrolink with hydrogen technology between Hemishofen and Ramsen. This is a part of the former never electrified SBB-line Etzwilen - Singen... (more)

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)