Heading south on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, Union Pacific GP60 1162 (ex-UP 1991, née-Cotton Belt 9689) takes eight cars to Santa Ana. When Interstate 5 was widened in the late 1990s necessitating... (more)

Amtrak San Diegan 774 (Santa Barbara to San Diego) pulls into the siding in Orange, just across the Santa Ana River from the Anaheim station, for a rolling meet with northbound San Diega... (more)

A Pleasant Surprise!

After running an errand at the large chain hardware store alongside Metrolink’s Olive Sub, on the way home I made a quick stop at the Metrolink station in do... (more)

Metrolink train 605 departed Oceanside at 5:42 am, the third Los Angeles-bound departure of the day. At 6:49 the train is arriving at the station in Orange. With COVID-19 pandemic restrictions s... (more)

Metrolink train 805 makes a stop in Orange just before the sun rises over the Santa Ana Mountains. Train 805 originated in downtown San Bernardino and is bound for Irvine. (Orange, California â€... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 580 ferries passengers between Los Angeles and San Diego, with nine stops along the way. CDTX SC-44 "Charger" 2118 is leading this train on a hot (98ºF)... (more)

Metrolink train 604, making its way from Los Angeles to Oceanside, makes its stop in Orange. SCAX F125 918 is the power for this train. (Orange, California – September 25, 2020)

On the last full day of summer 2020, Metrolink train 689 passes through CP Maple as it heads to Los Angeles with F125 919 shoving on the rear. SCAX 919 was built by EMD in February 2017, but did ... (more)

The rear DPUs on a late San Diego-bound freight cross the Santa Ana River as they head down the Metrolink Olive Sub.

The "Ranch 2" fire was burning in the Angeles National Forest above Azusa, with the fire destroying 2,500 acres with just 3% containment as of Saturday morning. By afternoon, the fire had created... (more)

Fresh from the Siemens AG factory in Florin, a part of Sacramento, California, are the first two SC-44 "Chargers" for San Diego County's Coaster commuter trains. The engines were picked up at the... (more)

Heading through CP Maple is Union Pacific train LOA32, which originated in Anaheim and is now heading to Santa Ana to deliver two tank cars to Behr Paint. UP GP60 1064 (ex-UP 1909, originally Sou... (more)

The H-BARSDG1 heads across the Santa Ana River as they bring a long San Diego-bound manifest over Metrolink rails towards its destination.

Making a stop in Orange is Metrolink train 633, heading from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to Los Angeles. (Fun fact: There is no mission in Mission Viejo.) Train 633 is one of the few operating ... (more)

BNSF Railway train J-SDGDAG-24A is the longest six-car train you’ll ever see, as nearly half the train’s length is made up by Kasgro Rail Lines Schnabel car 3600. KRL 3600 is, at 270-feet 7.2... (more)