Midway through its trip from Eugene to Seattle, Amtrak Cascades train 500 enters Vancouver, Washington. The train has just crossed the Columbia River.

Del Mar Lavender. The sun was out when Amtrak California/Amtrak CDTX 2109 (SC44, Siemens) was crossing San Dieguito Lagoon in Del Mar, California on the afternoon of Friday, April 1, 2022 i... (more)

Cruising the Cliffs Coaster 679 sneaks up the Del Mar cliffs on a breezy Saturday afternoon with a relatively-new Siemens Charger leading.

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 562 departs the station in Fullerton as it heads to San Diego from Los Angeles. This train will cross from Track 1 to Track 3 at Fullerton Junction, which it is no... (more)

An outbound Coaster train to Oceanside departs San Diego's historic Santa Fe Depot on another perfect afternoon on the Southern California coast.

A northbound Pacific Surfliner train to Los Angeles and eventually Goleta gets its run underway departing the Santa Fe Depot in Downtown San Diego, while a light rail train nears the Depot stop on... (more)

On Amtrak's 51st Anniversary, Pacific Surfliner 588 makes its stop at the Santa Ana Transportation Center just after sunset as it heads from Los Angeles to San Diego. California Dep... (more)

Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner no. 777 northbound from Los Angeles, leaves Ventura and passes through Emma Wood State Park in the fading light of the day.

Awaiting its next assignment.

Rolling northbound out of the historic Santa Fe Depot.

Two new Chargers head-up the WB Empire Builder. Because of weather expected in North Dakota, this train 'turned' at St. Paul.

The pole line is still evident as a Hiawatha Service trains head south on Main One through Caledonia.

A late 774 nears the end of its long trip from San Luis Obispo as they head along the Del Mar Bluffs.

The Santa Ana Transportation Center is standing in for Spain's "Santa Apolonia" station as it might have appeared in the 1940s - although it may be fictious, as there appears to be no Sa... (more)

As Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 765 speeds by at 70 miles per hour, heading from San Diego to Goleta, the cormorants on the power lines pay it no mind. This could be because the 50 or so passe... (more)