Skirting the Pacific Ocean on its way from San Diego to Goleta (near Santa Barbara), Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner earns the name on much of this route. Train 785 has Cab/Baggage/Coach Car 69... (more)

The conductor on Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 785 (San Diego to Goleta) has detrained in order to flag the Palm Avenue grade crossing on Metrolink’s Orange Sub. This train is running about 9... (more)

A northbound Pacific Surfliner train to Los Angeles and eventually Goleta gets its run underway departing the Santa Fe Depot in Downtown San Diego, while a light rail train nears the Depot stop on... (more)

Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner’s are rightly renowned for their view of the Pacific Ocean as they skirt the coast from San Clemente to Del Mar. But as Surfliner 785 runs along the L... (more)

As the remnants of a cold winter storm cluster around the San Gabriel Mountains in the late afternoon, the 20,000-foot high cumulonimbus clouds at the higher elevations were still bathed in late t... (more)

Amtrak Surfliner 785 passes over the Del Mar Bluffs on its way north to LA and beyond.

Trespassers swarm the track, causing the northbound Amtrak Surfliner to slow its approach tremendously. Amazingly, some stayed on the track until the train was a 100 yards away.

The sun is very low on the horizon as Amtrak train 785 arrives in Irvine, California, 1½ hours behind schedule. This Pacific Surfliner is a little longer than normal due to it being Racin... (more)

Amtrak engineer Scot Kimberley is at the throttle as Amtrak train 785, a Pacific Surfliner heading from San Diego to Los Angeles, skirts the Pacific Ocean - which, of course, explains why t... (more)

Ten Numbers – and Seven Cars – Apart

Afternoon photos of Amtrak Pacific Surfliners in Fullerton are often not as great as they should be, because the power is normally on ... (more)

Golden hour is nearing, as the nice late day summer sun illuminates this Pacific Surfliner passing through the scenic beaches of San Clemente.

Amtrak train #785, a Pacific Surfliner, stops at the new Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) on opening day, December 6th, 2014. As the sun sets, the colored lights i... (more)

My last train of the trip, Surfliner 785 sits at the Santa Fe Depot preparing to shove north. Photo dedicated to Kelly and Obie who were our gracious hosts for our adventure.

As Amtrak #785 (a Pacific Surfliner operating from San Diego to Goleta, California) loads passengers on Track 1 at Fullerton, train #784 (another Pacific Surfliner) departs for San D... (more)

Specially wrapped Amtrak F59I #457 shoves Pacific Surfliner #785 toward L.A.