Metrolink's single F40PH #800 leads a bizarre equipment move through San Diego Jct. towards Oceanside. This train consisted of 800, a coach, RBRX (ex-GO) 15822, and 6 more coaches.

Metrolink 689 heads down the Redondo Flyover and towards CP-Olympic as they pass Amtrak's coach yard. 800 had been out of service for the last year or so, and wouldn't see much use in revenue serv... (more)

As Mark Twain once famously said after the erroneous printing of his obituary, "Reports of my demise have been greatly exaggerated," so goes the same for Metrolink's one and only F40PH. ... (more)

Keller Yard is a small facility directly opposite of Los Angeles Union Station - trains coming north along the Los Angeles River have to make a U-turn just north of here in order to get into Union... (more)

The Future Is Closer Than You Think. SCAX 800 looks sharp in Keller Yard as one of the commuter rail agency's newest locomotives, an EMD F125, sits a stone's toss away on the same track.

Bathing In The Morning Light. As the helicopters of the Los Angeles Police Department catch the first rays of sunlight, Metrolink's sole F40PH sits below in Keller yard ready for another da... (more)

Although not Metrolink's first locomotive, F40PH #800 is its oldest, and these days its main role has been to shift Metrolink's newest locomotives, F125s, around Keller Yard, as well as to support... (more)

Former Amtrak 396 is the sole F40 on the Metrolink roster.

Former Amtrak 396 is the sole F40 on the Metrolink roster.

An eastbound Metrolink 'extra' slowly pulls out of the siding at CP Ravenna within the confines of Soledad Canyon. Originally completed in 1876 by the Southern Pacific Railroad as the final link i... (more)

A deadhead move from CMF (Central Maintenance Facility) to LAUS (Los Angeles Union Station) is led along the east bank of the River Sub by Metrolink's unique F40PH, everyone's favorite engine.

Metrolink's lone F40PH (one of four bought from Amtrak, but the only one to ever enter service) waits with a train it will push to Los Angeles.

Metrolink's lone F40PH (one of four bought from Amtrak, but the only one to ever enter service) waits with a train it will push to Los Angeles.

Metrolink's sole F40PH #800 (former AMTK 396) leads train 802 from Laguna Niguel into the San Bernardino station where it will become train 321 to Los Angeles. Sadly, with the delivery of new EMD ... (more)

Around 2005 Metrolink bought four F40PH hulks from Amtrak and four SD60s from the UP with the thought of creating some Frankenstein F59PHs. The plan was flawed (the 710s prime movers were too big ... (more)