After a seven year absence, Amtrak's sole-operating Great Dome car, the 1955-built "Ocean View," returned to a regularly scheduled Pacific Surfliner train as it joined the single-level H... (more)

A UP officer special glides down the pacific coastline just outside of Ventura, CA, in the early hours of a perfect fall day, while surfers enjoy the morning waves.

LOF67 The westbound Guadalupe Local, from Los Angeles to Guadalupe, has a quartet of SD70M's on the point as it rounds the curve at Faria Beach.

Rolling out the final miles along the coast after completing its job of dropping rail between Santa Barbara and Seacliff, UP 4877 leads a southbound rail train toward Emma Wood State Beach and Ven... (more)

Its easy to see what the once popular "Daylight" passenger trains were called 'the most beautiful train's in the world' as they skirted the Pacific Ocean at locations like this. While the days of ... (more)

Beach goers enjoy Memorial Day along the California Coast, barely notice the passing Union Pacific's twice a week northbound Guadalupe Turn as it glides remarkably quietly on a safely separated ri... (more)

About to duck under Pacific Coast Highway just north of Ventura, the UP's northbound Guadalupe Hauler approaches Emma Wood State Beach as a beautiful evening begins to set in along the former Sout... (more)

As the sun sets on another day along the ex-Southern Pacific coast line, AMTK 90229 leads the southbound Amtrak 1790 south toward Ventura as the train prepares to break away from the coast for the... (more)

Dawn breaks on the Ventura Coast. The Oil Cans which usually run from Wunpost to los Angeles during the overnight hours is just getting to Ventura. It will be slow going for the crew, as now they ... (more)

In a scene that takes place twice a week, Union Pacific's northbound LOF67 skirts the Pacific Ocean at Emma Wood State Beach as it leaves Ventura behind for its trip up the coast to Guadalupe, Cal... (more)

In the first light of early morning Union Pacific 8960 with a Auto Repositioning move rolls through Emma Wood State Park.

From the rugged hills of Tehachapi Pass and Cajon Pass to the sea spray of the coast line, this Union Pacific business car train saw it all, all within a 24 hour period. Beginning the morning in B... (more)

Joining the Pacific Ocean at Emma Wood State Beach for its northbound trip up the coast, UP 2735 and eight business get back up to speed after meeting Amtrak 790 at Ventura. Beginning the day unde... (more)

A Union Pacific special train rolls through Emma Wood State Park. The train originated In Oregon, traveled down through Northern California, over the Tehachapi Mountains and the Palmdale Cutoff wh... (more)

With the passages of Amtrak 790 and 777 complete, the LOF67 takes to the coast as it exits Emma Wood State Beach (Ventura) and skirts the ocean alongside a sea of wildflowers in the background.