After a run from Los Angeles to San Diego, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 (along with Amtrak P42DC 13) has turned and will spend the night here at the old Santa Fe Depot (now used by Amtrak and commuter agen... (more)

Amtrak Surfliner at Santa Fe Depot.

Employees are working on the Amtrak Surfliner to get ready for departure to Los Angeles.

Today's Santa Fe. The historic Santa Fe Depot in San Diego, California was built in 1915 and is presently utilized by Amtrak/Amtrak California, Coaster, and SDMTS passengers. The legacy of ... (more)

Safe On The Sidewalk. On the afternoon of August 20, 2017, Amtrak Train 768 (AMTK 463, F59PHI, EMD leading) was being paced by MTS 4038 (Siemens, S70) as it arrived at the Santa Fe Depot Am... (more)

San Diego Meetup. A snapshot of a meet of contemporary transit options is captured just south of West Broadway in San Diego, California on March 29, 2012 as Metropolitan Transit System 1005... (more)

The mainline between Los Angeles and San Diego is once again severed, thanks to yet another landslide in San Clemente. As a result, the trains operating south of there have unusual numbers, as ex... (more)

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System 1016, a Siemens Duewag U2 light rail vehicle, passes the classic 95-year-old Santa Fe Depot as it heads "Not in Service" to, most likely, the yard. ... (more)

Santa Fe train number 71 is departing San Diego California with four cars at 20 MPH in 1933. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe train number 73 is departing San Diego California with six cars in 1933. Otto's speed estimate was 30 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

GW orange company power sits in the San Diego Trolley Yard, awaiting the next San Diego and Imperial Valley run.

The brakeman on BNSF 146 radios the engineer on the BNSF 122 to move into the BNSF yard to pick up another string of cars for switching.

San Diego and Imperial Valley 702 has a crane on each side of the locomotive. When I took the photograph, I figured the engine had derailed and was now back on the rails, or it would soon be lift... (more)

BNSF 146 and BNSF 122 prepare to head back into the yard in San Diego to pick up another string of cars to switch. In the background is the the big United States Navy shipyard.

The Coaster pilot approaches his locomotive on a beautiful morning in downtown San Diego.