Hugging the coastline as it heads south to San Diego is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768, which originated in Goleta, near Santa Barbara. Cruising along the Pacific Ocean at milepost 206, this... (more)

East Meets West … And They Are Both Late

Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief (behind P42DCs 23 and 163), has just arrived on Track 3 at the Fullerton Transportat... (more)

California Department of Transportation SC-44 2116 pulls a six car Pacific Surfliner through Chapman University as it heads from Goleta to San Diego. Train 768 has an eclectic set of cars ... (more)

Heading from Goleta, just west of Santa Barbara, to San Diego, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768 makes a stop in Fullerton. Led by Siemens SC-44 "Charger" 2109, one of two Surfline... (more)

COVID-19 Reduced Service - On Tuesday, March 24, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners began operating on a reduced service schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this new schedul... (more)

BNSF Cut The Weeds Down! Departing the Fullerton Transportation Center is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768, just over halfway between its origination point of Goleta and its de... (more)

You wouldn't know it was the middle of winter on this sunny Southern California day in mid-January. Amtrak Pacific Surfiner train 768 pulls into the palm tree-lined platform in Fullerton as... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768 (Goleta to San Diego) rolls to a stop in Fullerton, California, on March 25, 2019. Amtrak P42DC 155 is in charge of this train, rather than the usual Siemens C... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768 departs Fullerton, California, on the Ides of March 2019. This train, with CDTX SC-44 2119 for power, originated in Goleta (near Santa Barbara) and is heading ... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768 (Goleta to San Diego), heading south through the city of Orange, finds a small hole of sun peeking through the clouds on November 24, 2018. This location is CP... (more)

F59PHI 451 hold down the duties as San Diego's "protec" locomotive as 452 and 453 idle having recently arrived double heading Train 768. With the arrival of Siemens Charger locomotives, ... (more)

"There was a Shopping Mall, Now it's all Covered with Flowers."

California's exceptionally wet winter is, by early March, beginning to yield colorful dividends as Amtrak more)

California Coulter Pine tree, turquoise Pacific Ocean, white sandy beach, and Pacific Surfliner! This scenic location has been well documented, but never gets old. I was thrilled to get such fav... (more)

A slightly different take on the classic Del Mar vantage point utilizing an ultra wide angle lens to encompass some of the surrounding terrain as this Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train runs through a... (more)

An Amtrak Pacific Surfliner heads through scenic Southern California, living up to its name.