Rolling off Metrolink's 5½-mile-long Olive Sub and onto Metrolink's Orange Sub is BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG, a (supposedly) High Priority freight heading from Barstow to San Diego. At this poi... (more)

Orange, California, as the name implies, was a hub of activity in the citrus industry's heyday. (Ironically, the city was not named for the fruit, but rather after the city of the same name in Ne... (more)

For the second day in a row, the BNSF train from Barstow to San Diego passed through the city of Orange at about 10:30 in the morning, making for a daylight run along the beach. And also for the ... (more)

While the old Santa Fe "Surf Line", now Metrolink's Orange Sub, is closed to passenger traffic in San Clemente due to yet another landslide, freight trains are still allowed to pass by a... (more)

BNSF train H-BARSDG1-15A, a High Priority Merchandise freight heading from Barstow to San Diego; has just gotten a clear signal at Atwood, and is now continuing its journey an amazing 99 hours ... (more)

The morning's "May Gray" overcast has just burned off and it is a pleasant 73ºF (23ºC) as BNSF Railway's freight to San Diego, the H-BARSDG1-17A, passes through the Metrolink station (... (more)

Rolling toward San Diego on Metrolink’s 5½-mile long Olive Sub, BNSF train H-BARSDG1-11A is about the pass from Anaheim into the city of Orange as it crosses the Santa Ana River. (Fun fact: T... (more)

BNSF Railway's freights to San Diego normally run after dark, but due to some maintenance being performed overnight, the freights have been operating during the day for a few weeks. Today's train... (more)

Rolling south through the Metrolink station in Tustin is BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG1-04, a High Priority Merchandise train heading from Barstow CA to San Diego CA. A trio of ET44C4s are up front... (more)

I stumbled upon this train as it was approaching the station in Orange, and was surprised to see it as daytime freights on the old Santa Fe 4th District, dubbed the "Surf Line," (today M... (more)

BNSF’s "Daygo," the freight to San Diego, cruises down Metrolink’s Orange Sub behind Dash 9-44CW 5032 and a pair of ET44C4s. This train, symbolled H-BARSDG1-27A; originated in Barst... (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)

BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG1-29 passes through an eerily empty Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center as the sun sets at 7:09 pm (19:09) on March 29, 2020. This High Priority Merchandise train ... (more)

The "Daygo," BNSF Railway's freight to San Diego, California, passes through Summit on Cajon Pass on a snowy December 27, 2019. Officially a High Priority Merchandise train, the H-BARSD... (more)

The BNSF 2019 California Division Christmas Train (O-SBDSBD3-16) is nearly at Victorville, where it will pick up additional volunteers. About a mile-and-a-half from the station in Victorville, th... (more)