Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train 784 from Goleta to San Diego, slows for an upcoming station stop in Simi Valley, California. Power is a CDTX Siemens Charger. December 23, 2024.

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

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)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 784 departs Fullerton as the train heads for San Diego from Goleta. CDTX SC-44 2119 has the six-car train in tow this evening. (Fullerton, California – January ... (more)

Amtrak has applied wraps to a pair of their Pacific Surfliner cars, coach 6402 (on the left), and coach/café car 6306 (on the right), to promote the upcoming X Games in Ventura in late Jul... (more)

It was not a great evening for passengers in Fullerton, as a BNSF train (possibly the H-BARLAC) ended up fouling all three mainlines somewhere between Buena Park and Norwalk. This resulted in a n... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner with the 464 and 455 head through scenic San Clemente.

Train 784, the afternoon doubleheaded Surfliner bound for San Diego, banks into the quiet beach community of San Clemente.

A double header of F59PHIs lead this Pacific Surfliner through San Clemente at sunset.

The sun glints off the stainless steel cars as this Pacific Surfliner makes its way along the beach.

A fisherman takes a moment to look at the passing Pacific Surfliner train before going at it again. I sometimes compare fishing to railfanning as calculation and skill can only get you so far, and... (more)

A warm Sunday afternoon along UP's Santa Barbara Subdivision finds a southbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner approaching its station stop at Camarillo.

Pushing south through Moorpark on a nice November day. Only the 456 seemed to be working.

Amtrak "Pacific Surfliner" #784 (Goleta to San Diego), with F59PHI 460 on the point and F59PHI 456 on the rear (because this trainset is made up of older Amfleet and Horizon Fleet equipment with n... (more)

Amtrak's Amfleet train leaving Fullerton Station.