A BNSF stack train rounds the curve near Sandcut, with the local brush in full bloom.

A Union Pacific manifest weaves its way around the curves at Bealville as it approaches the Tehachapi loop.

A BNSF stack train races towards Bakersfield as it passes through Sandcut.

BNSF R-CAL9011-25 with three light GP60Ms performs crossing validation testing along the Metrolink Pasadena Subdivision, which was recently rebuilt by the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority... (more)

As the last light of day begins to disappear, a handful of passengers gather on the leaf-ridden Claremont platform, the result of harsh winds the previous day, awaiting their westbound train to Lo... (more)

Metrolink F59PHR 856, a 33-year-old veteran, leads its train to San Bernardino having just departed Claremont.

A clean BNSF Dash 9 leads a stack train eastbound through Fullerton, CA on a clear winter day.

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train 564, lead by Siemens Charger 2119, approaches the Fullerton station as the sun rises on a winter day.

Ghost Train. Barely visible through the fog, Pacific Surfliner train 572 emerges from the dense marine layer as it approaches the San Clemente Pier station.

Metrolink train 700 approaches the Fullerton station with F125 941 in the lead for the journey to Perris, California.

It may be winter, but the Fullerton, California train station is full of green. Southbound Metrolink train 606 to Laguna Niguel, led by F125 942, pulls into the station under the numerous palm tre... (more)

On the final day of diesel service on the Caltrain corridor north of San Jose, a double header of F40 locomotives (920 and 917) leads train 410 past the Bayshore station on the way to Gilroy. This... (more)

Caltrain Stadler KISS EMU 310, looking factory fresh, glides into the Santa Clara station on the second day of fully electric service on the Bay Area railroad.

West Coast NEC? In a scene that looks like it could be straight out of the northeast, a Caltrain Stadler KISS EMU races under the catenary wire approaching the Lawrence Station on the firs... (more)

A Capitol Corridor train lead by Alstom cab car 8312 runs down the middle of the street in Jack London Square, having just departed its initial terminal on the way to Sacramento.