A northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner pulls into the Van Nuys station while a post Christmas crowd waits to go home and the wonderful Amtrak agent waits to both load and unload checked bags.

The Pacific Surfliner cruises through Del Mar, California on a sunny March day.

Passing over one of the classic trestle bridges that call the Surfline home, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner #562 is only 30 minutes away from its final destination of Downtown San Diego. This view can... (more)

AMTK 456 (F59PHI) waits in front of the downtown San Diego train station.

Amtrak 456 waits at the San Diego Santa Fe Station with the private car Burlington 'Slilver Spendor'.

Winding its way through the Santa Susana Pass is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #768, heading from Goleta to Los Angeles and, eventually, San Diego, California, on January 22, 2011. F59PHI 456 i... (more)

Pushing south through Moorpark on a nice November day. Only the 456 seemed to be working.

Amtrak's Northbound Pacific Surfliner train #583, enroute from San Diego to Los Angeles arrives at Irvine station on August 30, 2011 with five Amfleet cars and two Horizon cars with F59PHI 458 tra... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner with the San Clemente Pier behind it.

Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" #784 (Goleta to San Diego), with F59PHI 460 on the point and F59PHI 456 on the rear (because this trainset is made up of older Amfleet and Horizon Fleet equipment with n... (more)

Amtrak's "Central Coast" Surfliner train #775 heads into the late afternoon sun at Gaviota on its daily trek to San Luis Obispo where it will layover for the night

A pair of Amtrak F59s rest on a mild late summer evening in Los Angeles awaiting their next assignment.

Pacific Surfliner ready to depart for San Luis Obisbo

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