My eyes are up here… Every Southern Californian knows the San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant as they drive to/from San Diego. AMTK #503, leading a Los Angeles bound A587 on a late summer evening, pa... (more)
Dashing Up the Surflline - AMTK 503, a Dash 8 typically assigned to yard duty in Los Angeles, has been deployed onto the Surfline after numerous failures with the new Siemens locomotives ca... (more)
Surflline Debut - After numerous equipment failures within the last few weeks, Amtrak has deployed an array of different equipment originally on standby from Northern California to the sout... (more)
With a plethora of equipment issues plaguing Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner, including multiple cab-cars and engines, SC-44 "Chargers," out of service, the saving grace was with AMTK #503. It's almost... (more)