A former Soo Line business car, built in 1921, brings up the markers (in this case, old school marker lights) as Amtrak San Diegan 578 rushes through the city of Orange on its way from Los ... (more)

As Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 578 departs Fullerton, California, on Track 3, the conductor seems transfixed by something off to the train’s right side. Meanwhile, some BNSF employees are i... (more)

Next Stop - Fullerton!

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver unit, F40PH 231, shoves San Diegan #578 eastbound through Metrolink's Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station on February 18, 1997... (more)

Amtrak San Diegan #578 arrives at the Del Mar station as it heads to San Diego from Los Angeles in January 1988. Built by the Santa Fe Railway, the Del Mar station served passengers from t... (more)

A few minutes behind the advertised, train 578 hurries south along the coast at the start of a beautiful sunset

A Pepsi Can pushing a San Diegan

Surfliner turns Daylight... but it doesn't go to San Francisco yet! This is a locomotive wrap ad for Operation Lifesaver which is geared for the localle in Southern California.

A mechanic cleans a spot off of 578's nose after it apparently met a bird in the 90 MPH zone

Arriving from San Diego

Southbound Pacific Surfliner 578 arrives into San Diego with 457 on the point. On September 8 of the same year, 457 was involved in a fatal grade crossing accident at Leucadia Blvd. Nikon Coolpix ... (more)

Southbound Pacific Surfliner #578 arrives in San Diego with a rare P42 on the point. Coaster train #651 prepares for its northbound departure in 20 minutes. 73 would end up staying in SoCal along ... (more)

Rush hour in San Diego... AMTK 578 has just arrived while CRXs 653 and 655 prepare for their departures. A southbound Trolley tops off the mix under the warm Spring sky.