Amtrak 451 would become the last F59PHI in Pacific Surfliner service. Seen here shoving a LAUPT train through the stunning location of San Clemente.

A Coaster F59PHI shoves a mid-morning service along the cliffs at Del Mar back towards San Diego.

On a stunning fall day in southern California, one of Amtrak's last remaining F59PHIs shoves a LAUPT bound Surfliner service along the beach at Del Mar.

The West Coast Express commuter rail service glides into the former Canadian Pacific Vancouver terminal in the blue hour before dawn. Long distance rail operations out of the station ended in 1979... (more)

AMT logos now removed. In the midst of a windy snowstorm, AMT 1328 leads EXO 60 into Montreal West Station. As all rolling stock is being rebranded EXO, the AMT logos that were once on the ... (more)

METX 84 leads into Lake Forest.

Metra F59PHI 73 sits on a stub track in Elgin.

METX 73 rests in the snow in Elgin.

Late afternoon along the Metrolink Valley-Ventura Subdivision in Glendale finds an Antelope Valley line train on its evening run to Lancaster.

Soutbound Pacific Surfliner 774 slowly approaches the northern end of the siding at Camarillo on a cool, fall afternoon. The train is preparing to enter the siding where it will patiently wait for... (more)

It's just after sunset as AMTK 463 leads Amtrak "Triple 7" (as the crew likes to call themselves on the radio) along the coast line, seen here skirting Pacific Cost Highway No. 1 and the... (more)

AMTK 451, one of the few remaining F59PHI's still in service on the Pacific Surfliners, leads one of the last editions of Amtrak 777 for the year out of Tunnel 26 and into Simi Valley at last ligh... (more)

Fond Farewell. Twenty years ago, a new breed of locomotive first traveled the rails between San Luis Obispo and San Diego. The new, sleek F59PHIs with their simple, yet beautiful paint sche... (more)

Riding Off Into The Sunset. One of my last quality shots of an F59PHI on the Pacific Surfliners comes in the form of AMTK 458 leading Amtrak 777 north out of Simi Valley with some dramatic ... (more)