Look to the right of the top headlight. Looks like some sort of drawing on it. Like an egg wearing a hat.
This nice, clean-looking engine will spend the night in San Luis Obispo.
And that is the Pacific Ocean off to the right.
That is the former Kings Cannery in the background. Kings Cannery was big when agriculture, not tourism, was what Orange County was known for.
This might have been considered the move of the day, other than LOP81 and switching.
That is the historic North Torrey Pines Road Bridge in the background.
"Splitting" the platform shelters at Glendale, 864 pulls out en route to Lancaster with a bunch of passengers. This train will likely become 222 (the last southbound Antelope Valley Line train) an... (more)
Yes, that is the Great Dome (10031?) in the picture.
A northbound Coaster rounds the curve at Del Mar, passing under Camino Del Mar (also known as 101).
The engineer won't have to look at the sun much longer; after Van Nuys he'll likely be using the full headlights all the way up through Santa Barbara to Goleta.
Metrolink has leased this Sounder trainset. You can also tell by the difference in horns.
864 literally flew all the way up to Moorpark, and will now push for the trip back down to L.A.
The Saugus Local with SP power and a caboose.
Where the surf meets the turf, down at old Del Mar; take a train, take a plane, take a car...
My birthday "gift" from UP was trackwork that delayed most all of the trains through town, but I was able to find some switching at the north end of the yard.
