Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver unit, F40PH 231, shoves on the rear of "San Diegan" #590 as it heads to San Diego from Los Angeles. The Fullerton station stop is two miles ahead. Note the privately... (more)
Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver unit, F40PH 231, leads "San Diegan" #781 westbound into the station at Fullerton, California. Eastbounds normally use the south main, so finding a westbound here is u... (more)
Amtrak Southwest Chief #3 arrives into Pasadena on a sunny morning in July of 1991 with plenty of mail handling cars up front. The 231 is now preserved and being refurbished at the Brooklyn Roun... (more)
Cotton Belt SD45T-2 6877 waits for Amtrak #11, the southbound "Coast Starlight," to clear the main on a beautiful Spring day along California's central coast in San Luis Obispo.
Amtrak's F40's first worked on the Reno Fun Train in 1978 in combination with SDP40F's and the remaining two ex-SP FP7's. Twenty-three years later, in 2001, they would make their last trips on the... (more)