Amtrak 1567 departs Irvine with a P42 on the rear. A balloon ride from the Great Park can be seen on the right.

660 arrives at Irvine on the tail of a Surfliner train, midway through a trip to Oceanside.

643 arrives at Irvine with a BNSF leader.

688 departs Irvine to a plume of smoke, not from the GE on the rear but the F59PH that led the train!

M604 passes El Toro as they head towards Oceanside with an AC4400 on the rear.

Metrolink 663 passes a rail train that is getting refueled at El Toro.

A full rail train sits on the siding at El Toro as they wait their evening recrew before proceeding to San Juan Capistrano.

It's not every day that you see a pair of F59s back to back, but last week Metrolink greeted us to this duo, which were used to drop rail on the Orange, Perris Valley and San Gabriel Subs.

A rail train lays over between duties on the siding east of the Irvine station with a pair of F59s for power.

Metrolink F125 936 leads train 806 (Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to San Bernardino) as it rolls into the Irvine station on the carrier’s Orange Sub. Shortly after departing this station the trai... (more)

The sun has just broke from the early morning cloud cover and greets these two old F59s as they await their next assignment. With a population nearing 300,000, Irvine is a pretty large City, but d... (more)

A Metrolink Rail Train rests on the siding between El Toro and Bake as it awaits its overnight trip to San Juan Capistrano.

Metrolink 662 passes a Work Extra with a couple F59s for power at Irvine.

A couple of the recently retired Metrolink F59PHRs have made a surprise reappearance as power for a rail train that is making a system wide tour to replace rail. After spending last night dropping... (more)

North(bound) meets South(bound) at Irvine as Metrolink train 811 (Riverside to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo, with F125 922 shoving) departs the station while a one-hour late Amtrak Pacific Surfl... (more)