Metrolink expansion to Perris is dedicated ahead of its 2016 opening

A man climbs into the engine room of a Metrolink train during the dedication ceremony of the new 24-mile extension from Riverside to south Perris.

Raquel Miranda of Perris looks out the window as a Metrolink train leaves one of the Perris stations to take its first public trip to Moreno Valley. The line will extend all the way up to Riverside.

A Metrolink train leaves one of the Perris stations on its way to Moreno Valley. It is the first major Metrolink extension in 10 years.

Juan Gomez of Perris waves to his nieces and mother on a Metrolink train at one of the Perris stations. There will be one in downtown Perris and one in south Perris, where the new line will terminate.

Bill Lamb, 72, left, a fireman, and his son Jeff Lamb, 32, an engineer, arrive in a 1922 steam locomotive from the Orange Empire Railway Museum to help celebrate the new Metrolink route between Perris and Riverside.