Amtrak 511 and a sister rest along Lumber St., with the "Phase I" logo overlooking from the yard tower.

Notice the black trucks on this one. They're normally silver.

With the pacific ocean lapping at my feet, coastal cliffs frame a northbound Surfliner as it rolls onto Gaviota Trestle. For a sense of the scale of this enormous structure, note the young woman d... (more)

Amtrak 785 boards in San Diego on a beautiful Summer afternoon. The Dash-8 was equipped with ATS and assigned to the Surfliners due to a high F59 shop count, which is a common occurance during th... (more)

Amtrak 589 hosts an unusual guest. After a couple of F59s marked off sick the 503 was recalled from switching duties to stretch its legs on the Surfline. As far as I know this was the first time... (more)

This Amtrak "switcher" still wears a tattoo from its glory days on the Hiawatha Service.

AMTK 509 P32BWH and AMTK 113 P42DC lead the Coast Starlight #11 at Albany station during the peak of a 8-day heat wave. At the time of this photo, Salem and Eugene were at or near their record hi... (more)

A switch crew brings the Amtrak 503 and a cut of three cars into track 2 to be staged for an evening departure on train 595. The cars are for extra capacity to haul the copious amounts of people ... (more)

The crew of train 517 gives the thumbs up to RTC GWM as they pass the BNSF Depot in New Westminster BC in beautiful evening light.

As a Skytrain passes overhead a rare matching consist with 3 3uperliners passes the BNSF New West. depot on its way South about to cross the Fraser River Bridge.

Finally! I caught a second train in good light at this location. And this was the second chance, the first spoiled by the open door of a very late Cascades 516, featuring another P32, AMTK 509. ... (more)

Relegated to switching duties ... an ignoble fate for the P32BWH.