During one of my recent Metrolink blitzes, I rode from Los Angeles Union Station to Santa Ana where I changed for an Inland Empire-Orange County Line train running from Oceanside to San Bernardino.
I timed this brief visit to coincide with a flurry of Amtrak and Metrolink trains. I had just 45 minutes to make images of this classic Santa Fe station having never previously explored here.
I found Santa Ana to be an excellent mid-morning location.
The footbridge is photographer friendly and the old Santa Fe building makes for a suitably California setting. The height of the bridge allows for both distant telephoto views as well as wide-angle down-on photos.
I exposed these views digitally using my Lumix LX7 and FujiFilm XT1.
![I arrived on Metrolink train 600 from Los Angeles Union Station. I had enough time to walk to the headend and expose this view with my Lumix LX7 before the train departed.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Metrolink_train_600_at_Santa_Ana_P1500641.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Metrolink 687 arrives behind a borrow BNSF AC4400CW. This framed view was exposed using my Lumix LX7.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Metrolink_687_w_BNSF_at_Santa_Ana_P1500649.jpg?resize=474%2C710)
![A Metrolink F59PHI works at the back of Los Angeles bound train number 687. Here my Fujinon 18-135mm lens gave me a nice view of the train and station from the footbridge.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Metrolink_train_687_Santa_Ana_station_DSCF1993.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Metrolink 633 is among Metrolink's services that doesn't serve Los Angeles Union Station. This is a short-turn that runs from Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo to Fullerton.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Metrolink_train_633_w_Santa_Ana_station_DSCF2005.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![By using my 18-135 zoom on my Fuji XT1 I was able to exposed a series of trailing photos of Metrolink 633 as it accelerated away from Santa Ana.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Metrolink_633_framed_w_Santa_Ana_station_DSCF2010.jpg?resize=474%2C711)
![This is a telephoto view of train 633 from the same vantage point as the photo above.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Metrolink_633_Santa_Ana_station_DSCF2015.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Metrolink's timetable shows both of its services to Santa Ana as well as Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Metrolink_timetable_Santa_Ana_station_DSCF1999.jpg?resize=474%2C711)
![A detailed view of the Santa Ana station exposed using my FujiFilm XT1.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Santa_Ana_station_DSCF2016.jpg?resize=474%2C711)
![Amtrak 566 Pacific Surfliner slows for its station stop.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Amtrak_train_566_Santa_Ana_DSCF2026.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
![Metrolink 802 will take me to San Bernardino. I arrived under partly cloudy skies and departed under a California blue dome. Happy days!](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Metrolink_802_Santa_Ana_DSCF2040.jpg?resize=474%2C316)
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