Amtrak southbound train 572 crosses the Loma Alta Creek in Oceanside, CA. Progress on the extension of Oceanside siding is evident in the background and off to the side. This bridge will need to... (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)

A Sprinter test train is seen after pulling into the Oceanside Transit Center. With the start of service just over a week away testing has gone into overkill mode.

A fellow RP-er is seen photographing a Sprinter test train at College Ave. in Oceanside, CA. With the start of service just over a week away testing on the line has gone into full swing, and trai... (more)

An on-time Amtrak Coast Starlight train 11 was led in to LA today by a rare, pure P32 lashup... and as a bonus both Units were in the Phase V (Pepsi Crystal) Scheme!

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)

653 slides up and around the nose of a BNSF Military train (loaded with about 4000 feet worth of brand new Humvees) as it leaves the layover yard.

651 makes a Westbound dash to Oceanside under a thin layer of smoke from the Witch fire. Only 5 days before I took this photo the area was under a mandatory evacuation order, and the area was so ... (more)

Train 768 cruises through the Switch at Elvira, located beneath the I-5/SR-52 merge.

572 Climbs out of Rose Canyon.

Eastbound Empty Autos at CP Morena, The Community of Clairmont is the houses on the hill.

Eastbound Empty Autos just across the River from Old Town San Diego. The train's actually in a commercial district of San Diego, not the desert. Freight is an unusual move at 2:30 PM on this cro... (more)

566 sails by in a classic pose. I can never resist visiting this spot when I'm in the area.

A new Sprinter unit is seen during Phase III Testing as it comes off the "San Marcos Loop". The original Escondido Branch diverges to the left of the screen, freight will continue to use that lin... (more)

The FRA track inspection vehicle DOTX 220 and an Amtrak P42 wait out the night at the Depot.