A beautiful San Diego trolley waits for passengers at the America Plaza Station.

Two Surfliners and a Coaster await under the palm tree's at the beautiful ex-Santa Fe San Diego Station

An unusual train in an unusual location - for Metrolink. F59PH 856, a single coach and Metrolink's sole F40PH (800) operate in San Diego's Rose Canyon, further south than Metrolink typically oper... (more)

Racing with the San Diego Trolley

Note Santa Fe herald on column at right

Amtrak 785 boards in San Diego on a beautiful Summer afternoon. The Dash-8 was equipped with ATS and assigned to the Surfliners due to a high F59 shop count, which is a common occurance during th... (more)

Amtrak 589 hosts an unusual guest. After a couple of F59s marked off sick the 503 was recalled from switching duties to stretch its legs on the Surfline. As far as I know this was the first time... (more)

A switch crew brings the Amtrak 503 and a cut of three cars into track 2 to be staged for an evening departure on train 595. The cars are for extra capacity to haul the copious amounts of people ... (more)

Northbound Coaster descending Miramar Hill.

What appears to be the shortest and most overpowered Pacific Surfliner climbs the grade in Rose Canyon in San Diego, California, on May 30, 2009. The train's purpose? It was a Rescue trai... (more)

The Pacific Sun Railroad took over local switching operations from BNSF in San Diego County last October. The train is at the Eastern Terminus of the Miramar Branch, waiting for the Conductor to ... (more)

Equipped with dynamic brakes and a speed recorder, these units plied the San Diego & Arizona Eastern in those those days, or so I'm told. A short trip didn't afford the opportunity to find out.

A few members of the Santa Fe 3751's dedicated crew as they return south to San Diego from Miramar after turning the steam engine and diesel helper.