On a morning roll by through the coastal strawberry fields, the loaded southbound oil cans are heading to Los Angeles for unloading.

Rounding the curve at Faria Beach, a southbound Auto Reposition move, makes a early morning appearance running behind Amtrak Surfliner No. 768. This is due to the overnight closure at the Ventur... (more)

A bridge too far... Not quite as intense as the movie "A Bridge Too Far," this ex-Southern Pacific bridge located just north of the Ventura station top is one of the hardest to s... (more)

Due to the overnight bridge work at the Ventura River, the southbound oilcans to Los Angeles, make a morning appearance after the overcast has cleared.

Returning from Los Angeles after unloading, empty northbound oil cans cross the Ventura Rivermouth heading for the San Ardo Oilfields at Wunpost for reloading. The bridges over the Ventura River... (more)

The southbound Guadalupe Local passes through Emma Wood State Park during a brilliant sunset.

Amtrak No. 11, the southbound Coast starlight on time and just before sunset, passes Summer Beach.

Living up to its name, Pacific Surfliner 790 prepares to leave the coast behind for a few hours as it approaches the city of Ventura for its next scheduled stop. Running inland making stops on its... (more)

"Business and Bikini's." Those being entertained onboard this Union Pacific sales and marketing special might have had little to talk about business-wise as they enjoyed the sights of the e... (more)

Skiritng the Pacific Ocean just north of Emma Wood State Beach, UP 2760 leads the northbound PGMSL1 11 (Gemco, Calif. to San Luis Obispo, Calif.) business car special, 17 cars total, over the ex-S... (more)

Down five plus hours and counting leaving Los Angeles, No. 14 The Coast Starlight usually passes Ventura around noon. Today it rolls past the kite surfing beach in Emma Wood State Park and into th... (more)

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)