Metrolink 663 passes a rail train that is getting refueled at El Toro.

Last Saturday Metrolink parked their rail train for the day at Bake in Lake Forest, California and I was able to grab some shots of the "retired" F59PHRs back to back with the rail train... (more)

A full rail train sits on the siding at El Toro as they wait their evening recrew before proceeding to San Juan Capistrano.

It's not every day that you see a pair of F59s back to back, but last week Metrolink greeted us to this duo, which were used to drop rail on the Orange, Perris Valley and San Gabriel Subs.

A rail train lays over between duties on the siding east of the Irvine station with a pair of F59s for power.

The crew from Transdev Rail, installing new rail and concrete ties on Metrolink’s Orange Sub, have paused their work as Metrolink train 600, behind F125 933, heading to Oceanside from Los Angele... (more)

Metrolink F125 936 leads train 806 (Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to San Bernardino) as it rolls into the Irvine station on the carrier’s Orange Sub. Shortly after departing this station the trai... (more)

Having been pulled from service in the last year, a pair of rebuilt F59PHrs have been recently revived from the deadline to lead a rail train around the system for the next month. Here they are se... (more)

Metrolink’s Track 1 is being replaced through the station in Tustin, necessitating northbound trains – such as train 802, heading north from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to San Bernardino – t... (more)

Having been pulled from service in the last year, a pair of rebuilt F59PHrs have been recently revived from the deadline to lead a rail train around the system for the next month. Here they are se... (more)

The sun has just broke from the early morning cloud cover and greets these two old F59s as they await their next assignment. With a population nearing 300,000, Irvine is a pretty large City, but d... (more)

A Metrolink Rail Train rests on the siding between El Toro and Bake as it awaits its overnight trip to San Juan Capistrano.

Metrolink 662 passes a Work Extra with a couple F59s for power at Irvine.

A couple of the recently retired Metrolink F59PHRs have made a surprise reappearance as power for a rail train that is making a system wide tour to replace rail. After spending last night dropping... (more)

As the remnants of a cold winter storm cluster around the San Gabriel Mountains in the late afternoon, the 20,000-foot high cumulonimbus clouds at the higher elevations were still bathed in late t... (more)