BNSF train U-BARSDG1-08, a military train heading from Barstow CA to San Diego CA, passes through CP Maple in Orange, California, on September 9, 2017. This train has 50 loaded DODX flats (4913 t... (more)

SP Costa Mesa Local using Santa Fe trackage rights takes the s curve over Santiago Creek in Orange CA

CDTX 2113 departs Orange for it's next stop at Anaheim on a cold and windy New Years Day.

Weekend Commuter: Metrolink weekend train service number 660 heads south toward Oceanside as it passes through Orange, California. A very clean looking F59PH leads the train.

Daytime Freight on the Coast Line

BNSF Railway train H-SDGBAR1-22 (High Priority Merchandise - today it is all autoracks - heading from San Diego to Barstow) crosses Santiago Creek a... (more)

Some Dispatchers are Better than Others

On May 28, 2017, BNSF Railway train H-BARSDG1-28 was heading from Barstow to San Diego when it was held at Atwood, an old station in eastern A... (more)

I Went Down to the River...

As Metrolink 860 makes its way from Oceanside to San Bernardino it crosses the Santa Ana River as it passes from Orange to Anaheim on May 28, 2017. Cab c... (more)

Open During Construction

Metrolink, southern California’s commuter rail operation, began operating on October 26, 1992. It didn’t take long for this operation to expand, and on ... (more)

Blue Numberboards in Orange

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #580 rushes through the Metrolink station in Orange, California, on April 2, 2017. F59PHI 452 is eighteen years and ten m... (more)

Supersized Surfliner

Passing through Orange, California, is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #768. This train originated in Goleta, near Santa Barbara, but when it arrived in ... (more)

De-Push Mode

Running about 18 minutes late, Metrolink train 689 (Irvine to Los Angeles) approaches the station in Orange, California, on July 13, 2016. As with most Metrolink train i... (more)

A Daytime Delight

BNSF Railway's H-BARSDG1-21 freight, heading from Barstow to San Diego, passes through the city of Orange, California, on May 21st, 2016. This line normally sees f... (more)

Look, Indeed!

BNSF Railway AC4400CW 5643 leads Metrolink train 811 (Riverside to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo) as the train makes a stop in Orange, Cailfornia, on April 1st, 2016. Me... (more)

Heading from Fullerton to Laguna Niguel / Mission Viejo, Metrolink train 640 arrives in Orange, California, on August 20th, 2015.

Union Pacific train LOA31R (a local headed from Anaheim to Santa Ana) exercises trackage rights on the Metrolink-owned line through Orange, California, on February 25th, 2015. The train consists o... (more)