A lifeguard prepares to end her day while Amtrak's Surfliner 785 slips by Richard Nixon's old Western White House behind her.

The afternoon Inland Empire train passes through San Clemente on its way to Riverside and San Bernardino. This commuter train is rather unique in that it runs from suburb to suburb without hitting... (more)

Orange is the new Metrolink (or temporary Metrolink) as pumpkin trailer AC4400CW #5617 shoves against a weekend commuter set from LA to Oceanside, passing through southern Orange County late due t... (more)

Orange still leads for the moment coming out of Soledad Canyon as one of the Metrolink trains still being piloted by leased BNSF AC4400CWs heads down hill towards Santa Clarita.

With a coal-hauling diesel in the lead, Metrolink's last weekend train from Lancaster to Los Angeles passes through CP Quartz inside Soledad Canyon.

Metrolink SCAX train 270 from Lancaster to Los Angeles snakes through CP Ravenna in the heart of Soledad Canyon.

With an unusually large cut of hoppers up front, a West Colton to Roseville train passes through Palmdale Junction on its way north through the state it will traverse for its entire run.

Having just crested Vincent Grade, a Metrolink to Lancaster begins the decent into Palmdale with an AC4400CW on its tail to lead on the trip back to LA.

A Lancaster train passes by an abandoned metal barn in the heart of Soledad Canyon. This is new Metrolink ROW. The original SP route was behind me here.

A Sunday afternoon Metrolink train from Lancaster to Los Angeles is about half way or so into its long run as it heads under the Soledad Canyon Road bridge deep in the canyon.

A set of Metro's oldest cars leads the 906AM train to Los Angeles past the bust Associated Ready Mix plant on a gorgeous Southern California summer morning.

An outbound Expo train passes the busy Associated Ready Mix plant along what was once an industrial part of the city of Santa Monica. There were two concrete plants like this still along the line ... (more)

Another AC4400CW in commuter service - a scene that will one day soon become Brigadoonish. The AC4400CWs are scheduled to all be gone at the end of October. This one is on a train to Oceanside pas... (more)

The iconic 6th Street Viaduct in downtown Los Angeles, setting of every car commercial ever made, is being torn down in the background as Metrolink 702 to South Perris races south. Since this phot... (more)

The 10:57 AM train to Camden rests for a bit at the Trenton station in the state's capitol. Shooting this train was full circle for me as my dad had shot Camden bound trains in Trenton in the late... (more)