In the early 1990s, Amtrak explored the development of modern high-speed trains and leased two European electric trainsets for testing and revenue service on the Northeast Corridor between Washing... (more)

Amtrak 1565 pulls west into San Clemente with an F59 on the rear.

A now-retired F59 brings up the rear of train 573 bound for LA as they head through Del Mar.

Amtrak 564 soars over the Pacific coastline as they head towards San Diego with a matched set of coaches.

Amtrak 451 idles next to the Amtrak station in downtown San Diego.

A scene that's now one for the history books - AMTK 451, an F59PHi, takes a break at the Redondo Junction maintenance facility prior to returning to service between San Luis Obispo and San Diego. ... (more)

On January 20, 2019, there are only three Amtrak F59PHIs left in Pacific Surfliner service. One of those, Amtrak 451, leads weekend train 1564 through the campus of Chapman College in Oran... (more)

Amtrak 569 heads north toward Los Angeles as it cruises through Cardiff and approaches the newly built concrete bridges that replaced the original Santa Fe-built, wooden structures here.

AMTK 451 is seen spending the night at Amtrak's Redondo locomotive maintenance facility as the dramatic Los Angeles skyline towers in the background at dusk. Who would have ever thought this scene... (more)

"Last Miles on the West Coast"

One of three (at the time) F59PHIs left in service on the Pacific Surfliner route brings up the markers of train 573 as it rockets northb... (more)

AMTK 451 leads the sole lower-level set on the Pacific Surfliner rotation out of Del Mar and toward its final destination of San Diego on a cool, winter's morning along the train's namesake line.

The sun might be out but its another cool, winter's day along the surfline as AMTK 451 shoves 1573 north for Los Angeles.

The Sun Will Soon Set For Pacific Surfliner F59's As a passing storm system continues to blow over Southern California, the clouds briefly part and allow a diluted sunlight to spill onto th... (more)

Amtrak 451 would become the last F59PHI in Pacific Surfliner service. Seen here shoving a LAUPT train through the stunning location of San Clemente.

AMTK 451, one of the few remaining F59PHI's still in service on the Pacific Surfliners, leads one of the last editions of Amtrak 777 for the year out of Tunnel 26 and into Simi Valley at last ligh... (more)