On October 26, 1992, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, operating under the name Metrolink, began operating a commuter railroad operation on three lines (the Ventura County Line, San... (more)

Metrolink train 608 used to arrive in Orange at 19:20 (7:20 pm), but starting three days earlier, on October 21, it now arrives there at 9:30, essentially ten hours earlier, thanks to radically ne... (more)

Ponto Coaster 5006 crosses the Batiquitos Lagoon at CP Ponto.

Running at 60 mph is Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line train 700, with F125 922 pulling 4 cars. This train departed Los Angeles 40 minutes earlier, and it due to arrive in downtown Riverside in ano... (more)

It's a busy, and rainy, morning in Fullerton as Metrolink train 707, a 91/Perris Valley Line train (Los Angeles to Perris-South), with F125 915 shoving, loads passengers on Track 3. On Track 2 is... (more)

As the set sets, Metrolink Inland Empire-Orange Line train 860 departs the station in Orange as it heads from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to downtown San Bernardino. (The train usually originates... (more)

Rolling into the Santa Ana Transportation Center is Metrolink train 686, with F125 932 on the head-end. This Orange County Line train originated in Los Angeles and will terminate in Irvine … an... (more)

Amtrak Southwest Chief train #3 and Metrolink 660 for Oceanside each service the station at Fullerton.

One of a handful of F59s that have been reactivated to assist the ailing F125 and MP36 fleets shove on the rear of train 661 as they depart Fullerton bound for Los Angeles.

As a spring storm heads east, Metrolink train 684 rolls to a stop about halfway between Los Angeles and the mouthful station of Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. (Fun fact: There is no mission in Mis... (more)

Back in 1997 I had an absolute dream job (except for the lower than expected pay and the drive to Burbank and home each day which probably took ten years off my life). Still, I was working at NBC,... (more)

Making a stop in Orange is Metrolink train 602, heading from Los Angeles to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. SCAX F125 907 leads this five-car train on this stormy day. (Orange, California – Febru... (more)

Contrary to how it looks, this is not a roller coaster; rather it is the Metrolink San Gabriel Sub with a Stadler DMU in Arrow service approaching the Redlands - Esri station.

A Stadler FLIRT DMU for Metrolink's Arrow service passes under the palm trees at the newly constructed Redlands - Downtown station. At the current time, the DMUs operate exclusively on the nine-mi... (more)

Making its stop in Orange is a southbound Metrolink Orange County Line train, behind F59PH 853. (Orange, California – August 20, 2014)