MT-4 SP 4360, today’s power on Train #72, the Los Angeles-bound Coast Mail, picks up a load of strawberries at Quisling, Calif. Video by Brian Moore. […]
Coast Mail train operations
Zone & Region: California
N scale night operation
Night time operations on my N scale freelance layout. My layout has been completely wired with working street lights and buildings. It features custom installed lighting functions on some of my DCC locomotives, a working turntable, operational cross bucks at all grade crossings, flashing lighthouse Beacon, a campfire, an arc welder performing repairs at the […]
Coast Mail train operations
MT-4 SP 4360, today’s power on Train #72, the Los Angeles-bound Coast Mail, picks up a load of strawberries at Quisling, Calif. Video by Brian Moore. […]
N scale night operation
Night time operations on my N scale freelance layout. My layout has been completely wired with working street lights and buildings. It features custom installed lighting functions on some of my DCC locomotives, a working turntable, operational cross bucks at all grade crossings, flashing lighthouse Beacon, a campfire, an arc welder performing repairs at the […]
California high speed route could require tunnel under Burbank airport NEWSWIRE
An Alaska Airlines flight departs from Burbank (Calif.) Airport as a Metrolink train pauses at the Burbank Airport-South station in February 2019. California’s high speed rail project could require a tunnel under the airport. TRAINS: David Lassen BURBANK — Construction of California’s high speed rail line into Los Angeles may require a tunnel under the […]
When “snow” comes to northern California
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When “snow” comes to northern California
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When “snow” comes to northern California
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No injuries reported in Metrolink grade crossing accident, fire NEWSWIRE
No injuries were reported in this collision and fire involving a Metrolink train Friday morning. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. — No injuries were reported when a Metrolink train hit a motor home at a grade crossing, setting the vehicle on fire and badly damaging the commuter train’s cab car. The […]
SMART to begin service on Larkspur extension in mid-December NEWSWIRE
LARKSPUR, Calif. — Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit will extend service to Larkspur, providing a connection to ferries to San Francisco, by mid-December, the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat reports. The 2-mile extension will be the first addition to SMART service since the commuter rail line began operation in 2017. Service will also begin to a new Novato […]
BART extension into San Jose won’t make 2019 date to open NEWSWIRE
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Bay Area Rapid Transit will miss the Dec. 31 target date for beginning operations on its Berryessa Extension into San Jose. The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, which is building and will own the extension to be operated by BART, made the announcement in a Friday blog post. That post said […]
Stadler to build hydrogen-powered train for Southern California service NEWSWIRE
A rendering of the hydrogen-powered train Stadler will build for use in Southern California. It will be the first hydrogen-powered passenger trainset in the U.S. Stadler SALT LAKE CITY — Swiss manufacturer Stadler has signed a contract with the San Bernardino County (Calif.) Transportation Authority to build the first hydrogen-powered trains for use in the […]
