Union Pacific's Southern Pacific heritage unit #1996 arrives at the LA Fairplex at 1:30am to pick up the UP 4014 for it's first mainline move in over 50 years. UP 1996 slowly pulls forward through... (more)

Construction equipment sits track-side, awaiting a work window to continue progress on rebuilding the Pacific Coast Highway overpass, rising above SDNR's right of way. With all this inactivity, Co... (more)

Union Pacific (Patched Southern Pacific) AC4400CW #6400 leads a grain train down the Tehachapi Pass towards Bakersfield, CA. This was the last engine painted in SP colors to lead a train under the... (more)

On a late Thursday evening, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus red train arrives it next stop on their tour, "The Greatest Show on Earth". They arrive San Diego, CA at 10:00PM PST wi... (more)

On a early Saturday evening, BNSF #131 switches railcars from various factories to the BNSF San Diego Yard to put on the Northbound manifest, the M-SDGBAR or DAYGO.

On a late night Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, conductor Chris stands in-between two Horizon Amfleet cars and relays information to the engineer regarding the next stop, Old Town. As he stands in the h... (more)

On a late night Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, a conductor looks out the window as we pull into the last station stop, Downtown, San Diego. He calls the station on his radio to let mechanical and bagga... (more)

On a late night Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, conductor Chris stands in-between two Horizon Amfleet cars and relays information to the engineer regarding the next stop, Old Town. As he stands in the h... (more)

On a warm Sunday after noon, Amtrak train 774 (lead by AMTK #457) heads Southbound over the Del Mar trestle bridge towards San Diego. AMTK #457 is the Pacific Surfliner's Operation Lifesaver unit.... (more)

Amtrak Train #572 just pulled into San Diego on a early Sunday afternoon with Amtrak's Phase IV Anniversary/Heritage Unit. This was a rare occurrence that 184 was put on in LAUPT. It was nice that... (more)

Amtrak Train #583 is a very special train on every other day because it uses Amtrak's Amfleet low-level cars. Its usual power is one P42DC on the South end, and one NPCU (Non-Power Control Unit) C... (more)

National Train Day Special Tour Train