F59PHi number 450 gets a bath which forecasters swore wouldn't happen. It's ok, we needed it desperately... Just next time, please don't dump on me while I'm photographing!

Surfliner turns Daylight... but it doesn't go to San Francisco yet! This is a locomotive wrap ad for Operation Lifesaver which is geared for the localle in Southern California.

The amazing maze leading to a multitrack terminal

How Stupid! 653 had a near-miss with a bicyclist as they departed Old Town today. A correspondense with the engineer revealed he didn't even know he nearly highballed into a bicyclist until I sho... (more)

Looking out the rear of a Keystone Corridor Train

The Pacific Sun Railroad took over local switching operations from BNSF in San Diego County last October. The train is at the Eastern Terminus of the Miramar Branch, waiting for the Conductor to ... (more)

A new Sprinter DMU sits in the yards awaiting a crew to come and use it for a test run... unfortunately the trains are confined to less then a mile of track for another month.

After running around their unloaded Flat Car, the Engineer of the SDNR Work train watches me out the Cab Window as his Conductor finishes tying the brake lines in. The light in the background com... (more)

A switch crew brings the Amtrak 503 and a cut of three cars into track 2 to be staged for an evening departure on train 595. The cars are for extra capacity to haul the copious amounts of people ... (more)

Shortly after sunset this 4-car LRV set is seen slowly traversing the streets of El Cajon. The lead unit is inoperable due to severe damage incurred when it struck a GMC Sierra at roughly 45 MPH ... (more)

Amtrak 785 boards in San Diego on a beautiful Summer afternoon. The Dash-8 was equipped with ATS and assigned to the Surfliners due to a high F59 shop count, which is a common occurance during th... (more)

While waiting for the Rail Grinder to clear the tracks ahead the Local sat almost quietly at Old Town Station (He kept tooting the horn whenever I turned away... Am I really becoming that much of... (more)

457 proudly shows off the scars from a grade collision it was in last september. Driver tried to run the gates and didn't survive. His truck looked like it had been torn in half and shredded, bu... (more)

You can date a tree by counting the number of rings it has in its trunk when you cut it down, you can date a cab car by the types of locomotives it's set up to operate with. Despite a recent refu... (more)

On the first day of operation a Sprinter trainset is seen at CP Shelly on the San Diego Northern Railroad's Escondido Subdivision. This segment of the line is the only area where freight will not... (more)