This Is Not Exactly As It Appears…

In 1991, General Electric built 20 Dash 8-32BWH diesels, all for Amtrak. While they didn't have anything close to a streamlined look, railfa... (more)

New Year's Day's rain has stopped and, passing through the city of Orange (not a stop on Amtrak, but a stop on Metrolink), is Amtrak train 580, heading from Los Angeles to San Diego. CDTX (Amtrak... (more)

Due to the long Thanksgiving weekend, and its higher than usual passenger counts, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners are running with extra cars. Many of Amtrak's Surfliners during this ti... (more)

One day after Disneyland’s 70th Anniversary, I got a tip that the Amtrak car wrapped to commemorate it was heading my way. So, I set up for a clean shot of the car, not realizing that Metrolink... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 572, heading from Los Angeles to San Diego, passes through CP Maple, the junction of Metrolink's Orange Sub and Olive Sub (and thus the plethora of switches), in Or... (more)

Signs Of Spring. Amtrak California Train 580 had just crossed Batiquitos Lagoon in Carlsbad, California on April 1, 2022 with CDTX 2109 (SC44, Siemens) leading when it approached a bright p... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 572 departs the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center after meeting northbound Surfliner 573 there. Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH 509 (one of the 20 diesels deliv... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train 564, lead by Siemens Charger 2119, approaches the Fullerton station as the sun rises on a winter day.

Due to a variety of factors, primarily both problems with aging Pacific Surfliner cars and the Thanksgiving passenger crush, Amtrak sent some of their northern California equipment south to... (more)

Amtrak Surfliner at Santa Fe Depot.

The Santa Lucia Mountains on California's Central Coast are the backdrop as Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 799 approaches its final stop on its run from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo. AMTK F59P... (more)

A Railfan’s Paradise - On a gorgeous summer evening, during Golden Hour, AMTK 503 leads Pacific Surfliner A587 north along the shores of San Clemente State Beach shortly after departing San Clem... (more)

My eyes are up here… Every Southern Californian knows the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant as they drive to/from San Diego. AMTK #503, leading a Los Angeles bound A587 on a late summer evening, pa... (more)

With a plethora of equipment issues plaguing Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner, including multiple cab-cars and engines, SC-44 "Chargers," out of service, the saving grace was with AMTK #503. It's almost... (more)

THIS is a Pacific Surfliner"?!?

Leading Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 765 (San Diego to Goleta) is a visitor from northern California: California Dep... (more)