On a brisk winter afternoon along the Metrolink Ventura Subdivision, northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train #777 approaches its station stop at the Hollywood-Burbank Airport.
An endangered F59PHI, SCAX 884, leads Metrolink 221 out of Burbank Downtown for its trip up Soledad Canyon to its final destination of the desert community of Lancaster.
With its station work at Burbank Downtown complete, Metrolink 121 gets back underway and prepares to cross over to the "coast line" at Burbank Junction under the guidance of an F125.
With the long shadows of nearby power lines casting their shadows on the cowl of SCAX 865, Metrolink 155 hustles toward its next station stop of Burbank-Bob Hope Airport.
No, this isn't a cartoon. As Cartoon Network's skyscraper looms in the background, a cartoon-like consist rests in the coast siding just north of Burbank Junction on a cool evening. Made u... (more)