Twenty-seven years. Built in 1992, EMD F59PH (now F59PHR) #861 can still be seen powering Metrolink commuter trains around Southern California for several years to come given its status as ... (more)

Fond Farewell. Twenty years ago, a new breed of locomotive first traveled the rails between San Luis Obispo and San Diego. The new, sleek F59PHIs with their simple, yet beautiful paint sche... (more)

Looking incredibly small against the backdrop of the mountains, an eastbound BNSF manifest approaches Mojave on a crisp late-summer morning.

Temporarily interrupting the quiet peacefulness of the Tehachapi mountains, a northbound BNSF manifest rumbles across a freshly paved though lightly used road in Bealville as it makes its way thro... (more)

A twelve-car northbound Coast Starlight on detour through Tehachapi Pass rounds a curve after exiting Tunnel 2, showing the full length of the train. Private car Tioga Pass is bringing up the rear... (more)

With the Coast Line closed between Chatsworth and Oxnard due to MOW work, Amtrak's Coast Starlight was detoured through Tehachapi Pass. Here, northbound train 14 passes a BNSF train at Sandcut, ne... (more)

Northbound Coast Starlight train 14 makes a rare appearance passing the Tehachapi Depot in downtown Tehachapi. Due to MOW work on its regular route along the Pacific coast, the Coast Starlight was... (more)

Amtrak in Tehachapi. Due to MOW on the Coast Line, Amtrak's Coast Starlight took one of its rare detours through the scenic Tehachapi Pass, seen here winding through the curves near Calient... (more)

Nearing the end. Serving out their final months in Southern California before being sold to Metra in Chicago after 20 years running the Surfline, F59PHIs 464 and 459 lead southbound ... (more)

BNSF 7717 leads a westbound manifest through Fullerton.

A Los Angeles-bound Metrolink arrives Fullerton during the evening rush.

The sun sets behind the eastbound Southwest Chief as it pulls into the Fullerton station stop, the first of many on its long journey to Chicago.

As the sun dips below the horizon, eastbound Metrolink train 328 to San Bernardino passes CP Cambridge in Claremont with tired commuters on board heading home on a Friday evening.

100th photo on RP - A Los Angeles-bound Metrolink train passes a collection of palm trees as it approaches the Buena Park station. On a sentimental note, one of the last photos taken with m... (more)

A new EMD F125 unit, #908, leads a special Metrolink train from the Speedway in Fontana towards Lancaster. Metrolink ran three special trains to the Auto Club 400, originating in Oceanside, Oxnard... (more)