Railpictures.net contributor Bob Pickering captures Coaster 655 wearing his "anti sun" hat. The California coastline is beautiful what a great place to watch trains.

They call it the Surfliner for a reason. We got very lucky that the cloudy marine layer did not show up this morning as it usualy does.

A coaster train scoots up the beaches of southern California.

A Coaster commuter train skims along the surfline in spectacular Del Mar.

Specially wrapped Amtrak F59I #457 shoves Pacific Surfliner #785 toward L.A.

Railpictures.net contriubutor Maryann Norvik waves at Coaster 657's crew as they guide the train northward along the Pacific Coast.

The coaster aong the coast, hours after our arrival we are in Del Mar aiming our camera's at the wonderous Surfline and all it's treasures.

Is there anything more picturesque than an aptly-named Surfliner cruising along the Pacific coast at the edge of the continent?

On the last day of summer 2008, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 (along with a trio of Amtrak P42DCs) is on the point of train A9572 1-21A, the 24 car American Association of Private Railroad Car Owners specia... (more)

The dead of winter in SD. Three years later, that joke still isn't old :)

Pacific Surfliner train 572 (with its uncommon consist) begins to make it's way along the Del Mar Cliffs en route to San Diego. Interesting catch in the beautiful California sun.

Southbound on Amtrak's Pacific Surfline, a San Diego Coaster has just made its daily station stop at Solana Beach, now enroute to Sorrento Valley and Old Town in San Diego through the wealthy comm... (more)