Heading through CP Maple is Union Pacific train LOA32, which originated in Anaheim and is now heading to Santa Ana to deliver two tank cars to Behr Paint. UP GP60 1064 (ex-UP 1909, originally Sou... (more)

The H-BARSDG1 heads across the Santa Ana River as they bring a long San Diego-bound manifest over Metrolink rails towards its destination.

Making a stop in Orange is Metrolink train 633, heading from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to Los Angeles. (Fun fact: There is no mission in Mission Viejo.) Train 633 is one of the few operating ... (more)

BNSF Railway train J-SDGDAG-24A is the longest six-car train you’ll ever see, as nearly half the train’s length is made up by Kasgro Rail Lines Schnabel car 3600. KRL 3600 is, at 270-feet 7.2... (more)

On Memorial Day 2020, the holiday lull in rail traffic was taken advantage of when a special high/wide load was hauled from San Onofre, in northern San Diego County to Apex, Nevada. Morning passe... (more)

A daylight run to San Diego for BNSF vehicle train V-BARSDG4-23A, as it passes through CP Maple in the city of Orange, as the train comes off Metrolink’s Olive Sub and joins Metrolink’s Orange... (more)

Metrolink train 686, one of the carrier’s commuter trains still operating on a COVID-19 reduced schedule, accelerates out of the station in Orange California, on spectacular April 8, 2020, after... (more)

On Tuesday, March 24, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners began operating on a reduced service schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under this new schedule, Pacific Surfliner service has ... (more)

On March 1, 2020, a cut-off low created a storm that dropped snow on southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains. On March 2, 2020, the freshly snow-covered San Gabriels providing a nice backdr... (more)

The old Santa Fe passenger station in Orange, California, replaced a wooden structure, and was dedicated on May 1, 1938. This depot remained in service until Santa Fe discontinued passenger train... (more)

As Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 564 passes through CP Maple in the city of Orange, California, Metrolink commuter train 683 departs the commuter station there. CDTX SC-44 2114 is leading the s... (more)

Metrolink train 687 accelerates out of the station in Orange, California, as it carries commuters between Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo and Los Angeles. Metrolink F125 915 is shoving this train, ha... (more)

Metrolink F125 938 is teamed with MP36PH-3C 901 as it gets its shakedown runs to make sure there are no problems. This trainset originated earlier this morning on train 809, (Riverside to Laguna ... (more)

Clear Winter days in southern California provide spectacular views of the snow-covered San Gabriel Mountains. Against this backdrop is Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 566, making the trip from Lo... (more)

On the last day of 2019, Metrolink train 687 departs the station in Orange, California, and navigates through CP Maple (where the Olive Sub splits from the Orange Sub) as it heads from Laguna Nigu... (more)