San Diego-bound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 566 has P42DC 198 on the point (rather than the usual SC-44), and its six cars are also a bit unusual, as only half are technically Surfliner... (more)
Clear Winter days in southern California provide spectacular views of the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains. Against this backdrop is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 566, making the trip from Lo... (more)
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 566 heads south through CP Maple in the city of Orange, California, on December 20, 2019. CP Maple is where Metrolink’s Olive Sub diverges from their Orange Sub ... (more)
Amtrak purchased 207 General Electric P42DC locomotives, and the last of them leads a Pacific Surfliner through CP Maple in Orange, California, on August 14, 2019. This train, number 566, ... (more)
The BNSF San Bernardino Subdivision between Los Angeles' Hobart Yard and Fullerton, 20 miles away, is a busy piece of railroading. BNSF operates a lot of freight trains on this line, which connec... (more)
Trying to make up a little time, because it is already 9 minutes late just 33 miles into its 128 mile journey from Los Angeles to San Diego, is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 566. The train is p... (more)
The quintessential Del Mar view has been checked off my bucket list of shots to obtain, and I can't be more happy with how it came out. Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train 556 heads toward San Diego p... (more)
On "Turkey Day 2015," Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner #566 negotiates the curves on the Surfline's most remote place: Miramar Hill. Towering behind, are the vast office buildings in nearby So... (more)
It's a meet at the new Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) on January 3rd, 2015. Pacific Surfliner #565 (San Diego to Los Angeles) as arrived on Track 1, behind NPCU ... (more)
As a late autumn storm moves in, one of Amtrak's popular Pacific Surfliner trains passes through Orange, California, on the last day of November 2014. F59PHI 458 was recently overhauled an... (more)
Due to trackwork on September 8th, 2012 (new switches being installed at CP Stadium in Anaheim), Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners detoured on the Olive Subdivision between Orange and Atwood (Pla... (more)
A Surfliner slides through San Clemente on a summer day in southern California. Got real lucky on this day, most mornings face the gloomy marine layer in the summer, but today was sunny.