After troubleshooting some PTC issues at San Luis Obispo with the help desk in Omaha, UP 7159 leads a southbound auto train out of Price Canyon and into the coastal community of Grover Beach.

On a spectacularly clear day in Grover Beach, with the Pismo dunes visible stretching for miles in the background, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight prepares to enter Price Canyon with a Dash-8 ... (more)

In a somewhat rare turn of events, a Dash-8 finds itself on the point of the northbound Coast Starlight as the train begins its passage over the towering Stenner Creek trestle. While Dash-8 leader... (more)

Banking to the east, Metrolink 754 crests the top of the Redondo Flyover as it leaves Los Angeles in the "golden hour" evening light.

Prior to beginning their day switching the yard in Guadalupe, UP 1011 and 1499 catch the morning light as they rest on the house track. The ironic part in 1011's presence here is that it was selec... (more)

AMTK 42, Amtrak's sole Veterans-painted P42, is framed in the window and doorway for the Redondo turntable's operating house on a warm afternoon in downtown Los Angeles.

An uncommon sight takes place on this quiet, Southern California evening as BNSF 5469 rests at the bumper of Track 5 of Los Angeles Union Station. Leased by Metrolink while their cabcar's pilots w... (more)

Eventually...All Good Things Come to an End. Looking back on my travels aboard the popular Reno Fun Train...its hard to image that the likelihood of this train operating again is low. From... (more)

Banking west as the remainder of its train prepares to duck into the darkness of Tunnel 27, Metrolink 101 climbs into Santa Susana Pass covered by the early morning light. While not many commuters... (more)

With a pair of MP36's bringing up the rear, Metrolink 116 banks to the south as it slows on its approach to the Simi Valley station.

Catching the last rays of sunlight at Redondo Junction, AMTK 509 rests at the iconic turntable here between trips as a pair of units part of the latest series of locomotive technology - the SC-44 ... (more)

Crossing over the 930-foot-long Stenner Creek trestle, AMTK 505 leads the southbound Coast Starlight off Cuesta Pass and toward its next station stop of San Luis Obispo.

The Memorial Day edition of Union Pacific's LOF67 rumbles into Simi Valley this afternoon with a lengthy train. Ultimately bound for Guadalupe, today's train will set out a good portion of its con... (more)

Thundering upgrade toward Ruth, Nevada Northern's No. 40 and 93 power their train past the wye to the delight of many photographers (out of picture to the left and right) who took part in this yea... (more)

With a unique set of power on the point this afternoon, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight races into Santa Margarita just a few miles from beginning its accent up Cuesta Pass.