Metrolink in 2017 began operating EMD F125 Tier 4 locomotives (download details below), which meet the Environmental Protection Agency’s “strictest standards,” it said, and significantly reduce ...

Earlier this month, staff writer Dan Weikel talked with Art Leahy, Metrolink’s new chief executive officer, during an inspection of the regional commuter railroad’s Ventura County Line between ...

Powering trains with diesel is so has-been. How about pouring in some recycled plant oils from soybeans or corn? Throw in some fish oil too, for good measure. These are some of the renewable fuels ...

Metrolink, the Southern California Regional Rail Authority, has won Innovation, Marketing, and Safety awards in the 2025 Railway Technology Excellence Awards for its ongoing efforts to address ...

Metrolink has seen two multi-fatality crashes in the last decade and has focused considerable attention on improving safety and public confidence. Here is a review from The Times’ archives: In 2005, a ...

Trains move faster than parade floats, it is true, but the two forms of transportation are connected, with locomotives often whisking float fans to those places where the festive vehicles may be ...

Sometimes tragedy can be a vehicle for change. Ten years ago the deadliest train accident in Metrolink’s history spurred a transformation in both passenger and freight rail operations throughout ...

A job applicant walked into the Metrolink offices expounding on the accomplishments of Metro. He even wrote a follow-up email to Metrolink saying what a great job Metro has been doing with trains and ...

Metrolink 111 was right on time. The commuter train pulled out of Union Station just after 3:30 p.m. on Sept. 12, 2008, carrying mostly workers and college students heading home on a Friday afternoon.