Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners are now firmly in the charge of Siemens SC-44 "Charger" locomotives, as evidenced by CDTX 2112 on the point of train 580 at the Anaheim Regional Transp... (more)

CDTX 2107 leads this westbound Capital train towards San Jose near Benicia.

CDTX 2104 on an eastbound Capital near Benicia in the late afternoon.

About to pass under the old Hwy 1 overpass,westbound Amtrak California Surfliner the Triple 7, No. 777 to San luis Obispo from San Diego, rolls through Emma Wood State Park.

Don't believe everything you read - the destination board on the front of CDTX SC-44 2122 says this train is headed for Los Angeles. However, this train is only 17 miles out of Los Angeles and he... (more)

Two Talgo Sets rest in the evening sun at Portland Union Station. The one on the left is boarding for Seattle.

Amtrak San Joaquin 716 creeps through the S-curves in Ballico, California, because of a report that a crossing gate had been struck by a truck not long because this Oakland to Bakersfield t... (more)

Amtrak train 715, a San Joaquin traveling from Bakersfield to Oakland's Jack London Square station, makes a stop in Merced, California (which is also a crew change point) on June 14, 2019. ... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 768 departs Fullerton, California, on the Ides of March 2019. This train, with CDTX SC-44 2119 for power, originated in Goleta (near Santa Barbara) and is heading ... (more)

Trying to make up a little time, because it is already 9 minutes late just 33 miles into its 128 mile journey from Los Angeles to San Diego, is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 566. The train is p... (more)

It's been a very wet winter in southern California, and February 18, 2019, was supposed to be clear and dry. But as Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 579 headed through CP Maple, in the city of Ora... (more)

One-year-old MARC SC-44 87 brings train 422 into the BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport Station, operated by Amtrak and shared with Maryland Area Regional Commuter. This commuter train is heading from... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 1767, weekend service from San Diego to Goleta; is running 15 minutes late as it departs Santa Ana, California, on a blustery New Year's Day 2019. Siemens SC-44 &q... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 1767, weekend service from San Diego to Goleta; begins to accelerate out of the station in Fullerton, California, on December 16, 2018. Nearly-new Siemens SC-44 &q... (more)