Rounding the Curve: Train 774 comes around the curve into Del Mar as it heads south toward San Diego. In the background, the Del Mar Fairgrounds can be seen.

From one state agency (WSDOT) to another (NCDOT) WSDOT Cascades F59PHI 470 is leading NCDOT Piedmont train No. 74 at East Durham, NC. They also have one of the California Surfliner's F59PHI No. 46... (more)

Sunset San Joaquin: A San Joaquin train rolls through Jack London Square at sunset as it nears the last station stop in Oakland. Having been re-powered recently with a 710ECO prime mover, t... (more)

Twilight of the F59PHI: Locomotive 459 has been pulling and pushing trains up and down the Surf Line for 20 years. Now, in the second half of 2018, it is nearing the end of pulling Pacific ... (more)

Misty Farewell: Nearing the end of life on Amtrak, an F59PHI locomotive leads a southbound Pacific Surfliner train through what remains of the morning coastal marine layer in Del Mar. Soon ... (more)

An F59PHI leads southbound train 580 through Rose Canyon on a cool late summer afternoon. Soon, these locomotives will be replaced by SC-44 "Charger" units built by Siemens.

Northbound Pacific Surfliner extra train 765 passes by the famed Chatsworth rocks on its way to Santa Barbara. F59PHI 451 leads the charge through Santa Susana Pass.

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.

Amtrak F59PHI 466 brings a southbound Cascades train around a corner as it nears the Kelso-Longview station stop. This F59 appears to have white "Amtrak" lettering on the nose rather tha... (more)

As the sun begins to set, Amtrak Cascades train #519 rolls south along the Bellingham Bay in Bellingham, WA on July 6th, 2018.

Amtrak F59PHI 466 leads the last southbound Cascades train of the day along Puget Sound between Tacoma and Olympia. Built in 1998, this locomotive is running out its last days in Amtrak service.

Amtrak #517 heads south towards Edmonds Station with Mt. Baker standing tall in the distance. These F59 engines will soon be history as Amtrak's new SC-44 Chargers will eventually put them out of... (more)

Amtrak Cascades Train 519 passes beside Mud Bay Park as it makes its way south from Vancouver to Seattle.

Class leader AMT 1320 pushes a deadhead move over the St. Lawrence River during the morning rush hour.

A new Siemens 'Charger' locomotive latches onto a northbound Capitol Corridor for Sacramento on its second leg of its journey while an AMtrak California F59PHI shoves behind the entire set. Taken ... (more)