Bringing up the markers on San Diego-bound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 1564 is AMTK non-Powered Control Unit 90278 (ex-AMTK F40PH 278). When the prime mover (diesel engine) was removed, they ... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners are so named because for much of their trip through southern California, they skirt the Pacific Ocean. The bluffs in Del Mar, not too far north of San Diego, pr... (more)

On January 20, 2019, there are only three Amtrak F59PHIs left in Pacific Surfliner service. One of those, Amtrak 451, leads weekend train 1564 through the campus of Chapman College in Oran... (more)

Rounding the curve at the northern end of Orange, California, is Pacific Surfliner 1564, weekend service from Los Angeles to San Diego. Unlike most Surfliners, this set is made up o... (more)