Running "only" 4 hours 21 minutes behind schedule, Amtrak's train 3, the Southwest Chief, rolls through the location on BNSF Railway's San Bernardino Sub known as Esperanza, overt... (more)

The spirit of Amtrak's long-lost San Diegan. AMTK 509 leads a late San Diego bound Amtrak 580 with the Amtrak California Comet Cars along South Ponto Beach crossing the Batiquitos Lagoon.

Amtrak F40PH 310 leads train 710, the afternoon San Joaquin, heading makes its fourth stop of its trip, which originated in Oakland. Within the next 50 miles this train will leave the San ... (more)

Amtrak Surfliner at Santa Fe Depot.

The Santa Lucia Mountains on California's Central Coast are the backdrop as Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 799 approaches its final stop on its run from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo. AMTK F59P... (more)

Amtrak's Operation Lifesaver locomotive (commemorating the rail safety organization's 50th anniversary), P42DC 203, was on display at Los Angeles Union Station on September 21 and 22, 2024, as par... (more)

Amtrak train 3, the westbound Chicago to Los Angeles Southwest Chief, arrived at Los Angeles Union Station at 8:59 am, 1 hour 2 minutes late. (It made up 18 minutes in the 26 miles between... (more)

Rail Safety: Los Angeles, the largest railroad safety event in more than a decade, presented by San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (SBRHS) with presenting partners Los Angeles Union... (more)

“Destination: Miami”
In the early afternoon, AMTK F40PH 276 pauses Amtrak 89, the southbound Palmetto, at the Fredericksburg station to board some Virginians bound for The Sun... (more)

A Railfan’s Paradise - On a gorgeous summer evening, during Golden Hour, AMTK 503 leads Pacific Surfliner A587 north along the shores of San Clemente State Beach shortly after departing San Clem... (more)

Skirting the Pacific Ocean on its way from San Diego to Goleta (near Santa Barbara), Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner earns the name on much of this route. Train 785 has Cab/Baggage/Coach Car 69... (more)

Heading to San Diego from Goleta, Amtrak San Diegan 774 makes its stop in Santa Ana. Five-month-old Dash 8-40BP 810 leads this train this day, pulling six Amfleet cars, a baggage car and F... (more)

A late westbound #3 passes the Cargill grain mill at Verdemont.

A northbound Amtrak Siemans AC 44 No.337 splits the signals at Faria Beach Colony with No. 11 the Coast Starlight.

On a rainy mid-morning, Amtrak SC-44 no. 303 leads number 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, as it crosses Padre Juan Canyon Road along the Faria Beach Colony in Ventura.