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Chatsworth is a neighborhood of 41,000 people, located in the San Fernando Valley northwest of downtown Los Angeles. It has traditionally been a favorite trainwatching spot in the region, situated on the former Southern Pacific “Coast Line” between Los Angeles and San Francisco. A now-abandoned SP branch from Burbank once ran nearby. The city is, […]
The San Francisco Bay Area is marking the 150th anniversary of rail service on the peninsula in 2014. Southern Pacific predecessor San Francisco & San Jose completed the line to San Jose in January 1864. SP steam and Fairbanks-Morse diesels are long gone, but commuter operator Caltrain still runs its service with a varied fleet […]
California is known throughout the country for its passenger trains — and its traffic jams. The city of Martinez is the perfect location to get away for a day on Amtrak, with 42 daily passenger trains scheduled to stop on weekdays. Those trains connect Martinez to Oakland, Sacramento, Stockton, Fresno, and many other cities within […]
In Redding, Calif., California Highway 273 (old Hwy. 99) lets you follow the action on Union Pacific Railroad’s north-south I-5 corridor. The former Southern Pacific main line through the area is now part of UP’s Valley Subdivision, from Dunsmuir at milepost 321.4 to East Roseville at milepost 106.4. Photographers will love the climate: Redding has […]
All this month — October 2020 — Classic Trains editors are celebrating the heritage, history, and images of the Pacific Electric Railway. Please enjoy this photo gallery of images from the David P. Morgan Library archives at Kalmbach Media that include PE electric-, diesel-, and steam-powered freight trains through time. You might also enjoy this […]
Several packing houses were located in close proximity to each other along the Santa Fe in Placentia, Calif. Styles varied from the frame building at left to the concrete structure at center. Note the semaphore signal installations at right. Photo by Tom Baxter […]
Thursday midday rail news: First online meeting tonight on Metrolink Antelope Valley improvement project The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will hold online meetings tonight and Saturday to discuss planned improvements on Metrolink’s Antelope Valley Line. The project includes double-tracking at three locations, new platforms at the Lancaster and Santa Clarita stations, and expansion […]
San Diego’s North County Transit District has received the first part of its eight-locomotive order for new Siemens SC-44 Chargers for Coaster commuter train service, and began testing the weekend of Oct. 4-5, leading short test trains on runs between Oceanside and San Onofre, Calif. Five of the locomotives are slated to enter service next […]
Wednesday midday rail news: Bay Area city files objection to high speed rail plan The city of Millbrae, Calif., has filed a “strenuous objection” to the environmental impact report filed by the California High Speed Rail Authority for the San Francisco-San Jose segment of the high speed project, saying in a press release that the plan “would […]
All through October 2020, Classic Trains editors are celebrating the history, grit, and grandeur of the Pacific Electric Railway. Please enjoy this Pacific Electric Railway passenger train photo gallery, originally published in February 2015. If you like this gallery, please take a look at an article on the history of the Pacific Electric, here. […]
More Tuesday morning rail news: LA Metro sets online meeting on Union Station project LA Metro will hold an online meeting as part of the scoping process for the Link US project — which would turn LA Union Station into a run-through facility for passenger and commuter trains, instead of the current stub-end terminal alignment […]
Friday morning rail news: Weekend rail service to San Diego suspended for maintenance work Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service between Oceanside, Calif., and San Deiego, and Metrolink commuter train service to Oceanside, will be suspended this weekend for the first of two weekends of maintenance work on the North County Transit District’s rail line in San […]
