On Memorial Day 2020, the holiday lull in rail traffic was taken advantage of when a special high/wide load was hauled from San Onofre, in northern San Diego County to Apex, Nevada. Morning passe... (more)

A daylight run to San Diego for BNSF vehicle train V-BARSDG4-23A, as it passes through CP Maple in the city of Orange, as the train comes off Metrolink’s Olive Sub and joins Metrolink’s Orange... (more)

Metrolink train 686, one of the carrier’s commuter trains still operating on a COVID-19 reduced schedule, accelerates out of the station in Orange California, on spectacular April 8, 2020, after... (more)

On Tuesday, March 24, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners began operating on a reduced service schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this new schedule, Pacific Surfliner service has ... (more)

On March 1, 2020, a cut-off low created a storm that dropped snow on southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains. On March 2, 2020, the freshly snow-covered San Gabriels providing a nice backdr... (more)

The old Santa Fe passenger station in Orange, California, replaced a wooden structure, and was dedicated on May 1, 1938. This depot remained in service until Santa Fe discontinued passenger train... (more)

As Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 564 passes through CP Maple in the city of Orange, California, Metrolink commuter train 683 departs the commuter station there. CDTX SC-44 2114 is leading the s... (more)

Metrolink train 687 accelerates out of the station in Orange, California, as it carries commuters between Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo and Los Angeles. Metrolink F125 915 is shoving this train, ha... (more)

Metrolink F125 938 is teamed with MP36PH-3C 901 as it gets its shakedown runs to make sure there are no problems. This trainset originated earlier this morning on train 809, (Riverside to Laguna ... (more)

Clear Winter days in southern California provide spectacular views of the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains. Against this backdrop is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 566, making the trip from Lo... (more)

On the last day of 2019, Metrolink train 687 departs the station in Orange, California, and navigates through CP Maple (where the Olive Sub splits from the Orange Sub) as it heads from Laguna Nigu... (more)

Heading north from Oceanside to Los Angeles, Metrolink train 609 has cab car 693 leading. But, on the rear are two of the carrier's F125 diesels: 932 on the rear, coupled to 934. It appears tha... (more)

Metrolink train 686 (Los Angeles to Irvine) approaches the station in Orange, California, on Boxing Day 2019. Earlier this day, a storm dropped a new blanket of snow on the San Gabriel Mountains,... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 566 heads south through CP Maple in the city of Orange, California, on December 20, 2019. CP Maple is where Metrolink’s Olive Sub diverges from their Orange Sub ... (more)

Metrolink train 687 bisects Chapman University as it heads from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to Los Angeles. This train is led by cab car 669, with EMD F125 916 on the rear. This is one of those ... (more)