I´m a railfan from Germany and I will visit California in August. I want to take some train pictures around Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and also in Monterrey and Santa Cruz.
As I´m not familar with the freight train schedules on these lines I would be more than happy to receive some infos when the freights are usually operating in these areas. If somebody could give me also additional tips for good photo spots I´ll appreciate this of course very much.

Thank you.