Moments before sundown, a CDTX SC44 Charger pushes out of Van Nuys with Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train 784. https://flic.kr/p/2qwE2RL

Metrolink train #118 from Ventura East to Los Angeles is pushed under the abandoned Busch Gardens foot and monorail bridge near CP Raymer. Power is F125 Spirit #905. Metrolink is the lone operator... (more)

I'm sure I'm going to get some heat for my snark, but just having a bit of fun. Picking my mom up on Amtrak in Van Nuys, CA, I got in the car only to have Waze tell me that traffic meant the tr... (more)

Metrolink 110 passes LOF41 switching Gemco Yard in Van Nuys with an ex-DRGW GP40-2 and SP GP60 for power.

One of the aging F59 fleet leads Metrolink 121 out of CP-Raymer after meeting Amtrak 790. They're seen passing under the former Busch Gardens pedestrian bridge. As anyone whose been in this area c... (more)

LOF41 switches out some cars left by the Gemco Hauler overnight.

The Guadalupe Hauler builds as Gemco with a winged 3 window SD60M as their leader.

The Day Bud switches Gemco with a couple geeps.

LOF41 returns from Budweiser at they pass the Van Nuys station.

LOF67 works Gemco Yard, with an assortment of freight cars including a tractor bound for the Santa Maria Valley providing the backdrop.

The Guadalupe Hauler begins their build at Gemco.

The Day Bud switches out Gemco Yard in the mid afternoon with a couple ex-SP GP40-2s.

The Union Pacific Guadalup Turn waits for Metrolink SCAX 117 to pass. It will follow 117 up the coast line.

A Dinosaur Among Progress. SCAX 857, the lone un-rebuilt F59PH on Metrolink's locomotive roster, is still earning it's keep as it's dynamic brakes wine while slowing Metrolink 117 for it's ... (more)

The conductor in charge of this evening's Metrolink 118 looks ahead to confirm a clear signal at the end of the Van Nuys platform before radioing the engineer that he's ready to highball. The sign... (more)