Due to a tunnel collapse in Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains, the Los Angeles to Seattle Coast Starlight has been operating as a much shorter train, since the southern half of the route has been... (more)

A Railfan’s Paradise - On a gorgeous summer evening, during Golden Hour, AMTK 503 leads Pacific Surfliner A587 north along the shores of San Clemente State Beach shortly after departing San Clem... (more)

My eyes are up here… Every Southern Californian knows the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant as they drive to/from San Diego. AMTK #503, leading a Los Angeles bound A587 on a late summer evening, pa... (more)

Dashing Up the Surflline - AMTK 503, a Dash 8 typically assigned to yard duty in Los Angeles, has been deployed onto the Surfline after numerous failures with the new Siemens locomotives ca... (more)

Surflline Debut - After numerous equipment failures within the last few weeks, Amtrak has deployed an array of different equipment originally on standby from Northern California to the sout... (more)

With a plethora of equipment issues plaguing Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner, including multiple cab-cars and engines, SC-44 "Chargers," out of service, the saving grace was with AMTK #503. It's almost... (more)

The day's first northbound (westbound?) Amtrak San Diegan, train 771, makes its stop in Fullerton, the last stop before Los Angeles, at 9:00, two hours after departing San Diego. This trai... (more)

Something no longer seen on passenger trains today are the wisps of steam that, on cooler days, enveloped much of the train. Amtrak SDP40F 503, powering San Diegan 770, is clearly equipped with a... (more)

The Rocky Mountaineer luxury passenger train departs Seattle, WA, running through the Queen Anne section south of BNSF's Interbay Yard on the Scenic Sub. Amtrak P-32BWH's have to lead the train up... (more)

On my favorite stretch of mountain railroad in the country, a former "Pepsi Can" P32-8BWH leads Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight past the former location of Cougar siding on the ex-So... (more)

The eastbound South-West Chief charges through Laguna in New Mexico.

On a beautiful Saturday evening, a northbound Rocky Mountaineer special rolls north through the countryside near Stanwood with a friendly crew on the controls. Amtrak have leased out one of their ... (more)

It's just after sunset as Amtrak 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, makes its Simi Valley station stop. This evening finds AMTK 503 on the point of the train that has less than an hour running ti... (more)

Train number 565 heads north through the San Elijo Lagoon behind a somewhat unusual leader, Amtrak Dash-8 number 503. The old wooden trestle here is not long for this world. With the first track n... (more)

Having some electrical work done, AMTK 503 finds itself on one of the Redondo turntable's whisker tracks this morning as the ex-ATSF cantilever signal bridge here stands sentinel in the background... (more)