The Amtrak rescue engine awaits a possible call at the Santa Fe Depot.

Coaster 657 passes the Torrey Pines State Reserve as they begin their namesake run along the ocean.

The outbound H-SDGBAR1 manifest departs San Diego a bit earlier than usual, offering rare good light on the City skyline for this train. Amtrak and Coaster both have reduced their service on the S... (more)

Coaster 655 departs San Diego as the first outbound train of the afternoon. With their reduced schedule, only two more outbounds will depart this evening.

A Coaster inbound arrives in San Diego with one of the two F59PHIs on the roster shoving.

After crossing over at CP-Ash, the second of three outbound passenger trains that Coaster is running during their reduced schedule departs San Diego.

Coaster 656 arrives in downtown San Diego with an F40 shoving on the rear, as they pass one of the nicer urban backdrops in Southern California.

In the early hours of the morning, Amtrak F59PHI's 453 and 460 are joined by P42DC 162 laying over at San Diego's Santa Fe Depot in advance of the morning rush hour.

H-BARSDG comes off Miramar Hill as they approach downtown San Diego. Due to a high and wide extra later in the day, this day's train ran a few hours early.

A train of empty autos arrives in San Diego as they crawl through downtown, passing the magnificent Santa Fe depot.

V-BARSDG4 begins the 2.2% climb up Miramar Hill as they wind through the Sorrento Valley neighborhood of San Diego. The Pacific Ocean at Del Mar can be seen in the background. This rare daylight f... (more)

BNSF Railway train V-PEASDG4-12 (Vehicles, Pearland TX to San Diego CA) rolls through Rose Canyon, having just conquered the steepest grade (2.2%) on the Los Angeles to San Diego line – Miramar ... (more)

A northbound Coaster heads up the 2.2% grade on Miramar Hill as it passes CP Rose.

Deadheading from Pines Spur (at milepost 249.6) to the Amtrak station in downtown San Diego is BNSF Officer Special O-OCDSDG1-06. For this southbound move, the train is led by ES44DC 7716 and ET4... (more)

Deadheading from Pines Spur (at milepost 249.6) to the Amtrak station in downtown San Diego is BNSF Officer Special O-OCDSDG1-06. For this southbound move, the train is led by ES44DC 7716 and ET4... (more)