The 3751 special from LA to the Fullerton Railroad Days weekend actually went as far as Orange, and then used the natural wye created by the 5-mile Olive Subdivision to turn the train. Seen backi... (more)

Southern Pacific SW1500 2497 teams with Union Pacific SW1500 1007 on the local to Costa Mesa. The UP has trackage rights on five miles of the SCAX "Orange Subdivision" between Anaheim and Santa A... (more)

Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" #775, with F59PHI 464 shoving on the rear, passes the old packing houses in Orange, California, on its way from San Diego to San Luis Obispo. The San Gabriel Mountains ... (more)

There is fresh snow on the San Gabriel Mountains as Metrolink train 656, with F59PH 867 in the lead, makes its stop at the Orange, California, station on a clear (and cold) December afternoon. Th... (more)

Amtrak train #572, a Pacific Surfliner, passes through Orange, California, after making a stop in Anaheim (just on the other side of the 57 Freeway in the background). Behind the six cars ... (more)

San Diego bound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #582 passes ties being laid for the new double track segment between Orange and Santa Ana, California, on July 15, 2007.

Metrolink's "Santa's Holiday Toy Express," behind F59PH 865, makes it scheduled stop in Orange, CA, on November 26, 2006.

The tri-weekly UP Costa Mesa Local, exercising trackage rights over Metrolink, passes a northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner in Orange, CA.

An Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner," headed to San Diego (from Goleta), meets Metrolink train 808 (Oceanside to San Bernardino, with F59PH 868 on the headend) at the Metrolink station in Orange.

It is the first day of weekend service on Metrolink's Orange Line, and train 655 is the first train of the day. The line is the former Santa Fe Coast Line -- note the street sign. (A tall step l... (more)

It is train 655's inagural run, as Saturday service on Metrolink's Orange line gets underway with the first train of the day making a stop at the former Santa Fe station in Orange.

A northbound "Pacific Surfliner" passes through the Metrolink station in Orange, CA. The Santa Fe heritage of this line is evident in the street sign.

GO Transit F59PH 552 takes a GO cab car and a privately owned ex-UP dome to Oceanside on a demonstration run that persuaded the entities that would become Metrolink and Coaster to purchase this sa... (more)

An Amtrak "San Diegan" heads north (railroad west) past the closed Santa Fe station at Orange, CA. The depot is now a restaraunt, and also a Metrolink station stop. Trailing the 505 is E9B 452 (... (more)

Amtrak "Pepsi Can" 509 works the tail end of a westbound "San Diegan" (516 is on the point) as the train heads for the bridge over the mighty Santa Ana River (usually sand) and a stop a mile ahead... (more)