Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
Pentrex takes you to Southern California's scenic Surfline - in the cab of several BNSF locomotives. With our camera mounted inside and outside you'll see what the engineer sees!
*No AI was used to bring this show to you.* Read about our AI Policy and how we get videos ready for YouTube at: Pentrex.com/AI
*About Pentrex:* For over 40 years we've been the leader in railroad video entertainment. See us at Pentrex.com and right here on YouTube, with the Official Pentrex Channel!
Pentrex also owns these railroad video entertainment brands: Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. You will see shows from all the brands on our channel.
*About this show:* Hop on board! For many miles, the Surfline skirts along the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, giving riders a spectacular view of California's coast. You'll start your journey on board a San Diego-bound freight and then will make several trips in both directions over scenic portions of the line.
Among the familiar landmarks you'll pass are the San Clemente Pier, the Carlsbad trestles, San Onofre, Oceanside, Leucadia, Del Mar, the climb up Miramar Hill, and San Diego. For the most part, our cameras are mounted at various positions on Dash 840 CW and C44-9W locomotives hauling BNSF freights, on the lead units and also on following units.
These heavy, hard working engines take us past meets with Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners and North County Transit District's Coaster and Sprinter commuter trains. At the Throttle Volume 5 is not your traditional cab ride; it's a totally unique journey along one of the most scenic lines in America!
Get better quality and a permanent addition to your collection (with no commercials) with the DVD: pentrex.com/DVD-At-the-Throttle-Cab-Ride-Vol-5-DVD_ATT5-DVD
0:00 The Famous Surfline
3:53 Track upgrades
6:52 Oceanside
12:33 The Coaster overtakes us
21:00 Buena Vista Lagoon/Wetlands
24:38 A railfan tip
29:45 Next: Leucadia & Encinitas
37:33 Surfline history
42:42 We found the Pacific Surf
45:00 Heading to Miramar Hill
49:19 Sorrento Valley
58:38 New Train, back the other way
1:07:17 Surf's up! & Del Mar
1:13:34 Stuart Mesa Yard/New Train
1:16:48 Defect Detector
1:18:24 San Onofre Beach
1:19:38 Radio chatter on the SB Sub
1:22:00 West Corona & San Clemente
The thumbnail image for this video is a composite image:
BNSF locomotives: James St. John via a CC-2.0 license
Port of Long Beach cranes: Regular Daddy via a CC-BY-3.0 license
Container stack photo: AgainErick via a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license
Pentrex takes you to Southern California's scenic Surfline - in the cab of several BNSF locomotives. With our camera mounted inside and outside you'll see what the engineer sees!
*No AI was used to bring this show to you.* Read about our AI Policy and how we get videos ready for YouTube at: Pentrex.com/AI
*About Pentrex:* For over 40 years we've been the leader in railroad video entertainment. See us at Pentrex.com and right here on YouTube, with the Official Pentrex Channel!
Pentrex also owns these railroad video entertainment brands: Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. You will see shows from all the brands on our channel.
*About this show:* Hop on board! For many miles, the Surfline skirts along the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean, giving riders a spectacular view of California's coast. You'll start your journey on board a San Diego-bound freight and then will make several trips in both directions over scenic portions of the line.
Among the familiar landmarks you'll pass are the San Clemente Pier, the Carlsbad trestles, San Onofre, Oceanside, Leucadia, Del Mar, the climb up Miramar Hill, and San Diego. For the most part, our cameras are mounted at various positions on Dash 840 CW and C44-9W locomotives hauling BNSF freights, on the lead units and also on following units.
These heavy, hard working engines take us past meets with Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners and North County Transit District's Coaster and Sprinter commuter trains. At the Throttle Volume 5 is not your traditional cab ride; it's a totally unique journey along one of the most scenic lines in America!
Get better quality and a permanent addition to your collection (with no commercials) with the DVD: pentrex.com/DVD-At-the-Throttle-Cab-Ride-Vol-5-DVD_ATT5-DVD
0:00 The Famous Surfline
3:53 Track upgrades
6:52 Oceanside
12:33 The Coaster overtakes us
21:00 Buena Vista Lagoon/Wetlands
24:38 A railfan tip
29:45 Next: Leucadia & Encinitas
37:33 Surfline history
42:42 We found the Pacific Surf
45:00 Heading to Miramar Hill
49:19 Sorrento Valley
58:38 New Train, back the other way
1:07:17 Surf's up! & Del Mar
1:13:34 Stuart Mesa Yard/New Train
1:16:48 Defect Detector
1:18:24 San Onofre Beach
1:19:38 Radio chatter on the SB Sub
1:22:00 West Corona & San Clemente
The thumbnail image for this video is a composite image:
BNSF locomotives: James St. John via a CC-2.0 license
Port of Long Beach cranes: Regular Daddy via a CC-BY-3.0 license
Container stack photo: AgainErick via a CC-BY-SA-4.0 license
