Rolling through the Metrolink station in Orange is Union Pacific train LOA32, the local that originates in the railroad's West Anaheim Yard and then heads south, some of it on Metrolink trackage (... (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)

Twenty minutes after sunrise on Thanksgiving Day, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 562 passes through Orange on its journey from Los Angeles to San Diego. Because of the long Thanksgiving week and... (more)

Popping into a sunny spot thanks to a hole in the morning's clouds is Union Pacific Railroad's train LOA32, the "Costa Mesa Local". This train operates every Monday and Wednesday, origin... (more)

Union Pacific Railroad GP40M-2 1529 leads train LOA32, the eastbound Costa Mesa Local, heading through Metrolink's Control Point Maple (on their Orange Sub) as this local travels from Anaheim to S... (more)

Passing through Control Point Maple on Metrolink's Orange Sub is Orange County Line train 628, heading to Irvine from Los Angeles. Metrolink F125 925, built by EMD in February 2017, is powering t... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 573 heads to Los Angeles from San Diego with coach/café car 6352 wearing a wrap to commemorate Disneyland's 70th Anniversary (Disneyland opened on July 17, 1955), ... (more)

Shoving a batch of covered hoppers into the AGP Processing elevator is Iowa Traction Railway Company 50-Ton Steeplecab 50. Built in October 1920 by Baldwin-Westinghouse, this electric locomotive ... (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)

Heading from Barstow to San Diego, BNSF ES44C4 7008, ES44DC 7865 and ES44C4 8210 are leading train H-BARSDG1-09, comprised of 34 loaded cars. The train is bisecting Chapman University as it passe... (more)

Approaching Control Point Maple, where Metrolink's Orange Sub meets their Olive Sub (the two tracks in the foreground), is Union Pacific Railroad local LOA32, the Costa Mesa Local, heading ... (more)

DEcember days are short, and as Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Weekend Service train 580 arrives at the Orange station at 3:45 pm (15:45) the sun is already very low in the sky ... but providing... (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)

Bringing up the markers on San Diego-bound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 1564 is AMTK non-Powered Control Unit 90278 (ex-AMTK F40PH 278). When the prime mover (diesel engine) was removed, they ... (more)

Union Pacific's Marlboro Local has just crossed Meats Avenue as it backs through the industrial area served by this job. UP GP40P-2 1375 and GP60 1083 are shoving two box cars back to the rest of... (more)