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| One of the departure boards at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. My train was the first one listed. |
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| Getting ready to head south to San Diego on Surfliner Train #564 is private car former Southern Pacific #2981 "Overland Trail" which is a 39 seat Club-Lounge car featuring a Barber Shop and Shower. This is one of several private cars operated by LARail.com in the Los Angeles area. |
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| Next to Overland Trail, former Santa Fe Lounge Car #1370 "Acoma" was also on Train #564. This car's claim to fame was that it was the first stainless steel car built by Budd for the Santa Fe's famous "Super Chief". I need to ride in one of those cars someday! |
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| My train for today would be Pacific Surfliner #761 being pulled by EMD F59PHI #454, bound for San Luis Obispo, and I would ride in Business Class. |
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| And this would be my "chariot" to San Luis Obispo, Pacific Business Class Car #6800, named "Griffith Park". |
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| Upon departing LA, in Business Class, you get a copy of USA Today along with a Motts juice box and a sweet roll and it was delicious!!! |
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| Passing Mission Tower just outside Union Station. |
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| Passing another Surfliner train arriving at LA. |
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| The diamond next to Mission Tower where Union Pacific's main line crosses Metrolink where we are switching onto for the ride north. |
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| Now riding along the Los Angeles River, which today had a little water in it, as quite frequently, it's dry, and has also been used as a set in lots of movies!!! |
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| Passing by Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, CA. |
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| Passing the Van Nuys Airport at Van Nuys, CA. |
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| Taking a break at Chatsworth, CA. |
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| Some mountains near Moorpark, CA. |
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| The Turkey Sandwich on honey wheat bred and a Diet Pepsi I picked up from the cafe car. That sandwich was excellent! |
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| Now at Oxnard, CA, I'd love to have an RV to go railfanning with! |
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| Now starting to do some riding along the ocean, here we are at the Ventura Pier in Ventura, CA. |
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| Now riding past Emma Wood State Beach in Ventura. |
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| Solimar Beach near Ventura. |
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| What a great day to bring the camper to the beach! |
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| Amtrak 774, you're lookin' good! Surfliner Train #774 passed by us just after we departed Ventura. |
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| Passing by Carpinteria State Beach in Carpinteria, CA. |
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| Fernald Point at Montecito, CA. |
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| The Andree Clark Bird Refuge near the Santa Barbara Zoo in Santa Barbara, CA. |
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| Now taking a break at Santa Barbara, CA. |
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| Former Southern Pacific Business Car #142 is on display at the Santa Barbara station. This car was placed here by the Fillmore & Western Railway. |
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| The beautiful Amtrak Station in Santa Barbara. |
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| One more quick view before departing Santa Barbara. |
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| This is Dos Pueblos Canyon in Goleta, CA, of course, on the ocean! |
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| Now coming up to El Capitan State Beach, still in Goleta. |
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| Refugio State Beach, also in Goleta. |
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| Now passing by Gaviota State Beach, I won't soon forget standing on the end of that pier to get photos of the Coast Starlight here back in 2012! |
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| Now riding past Jalama Beach near Lompoc. I also visited here in 2012 to go railfanning and have a delicious, world famous Jalama Burger!!! |
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| Another view at Jalama, the Jalama Beach Store is where you can get your Jalama Burger. Note it was now getting very foggy outside! |
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| Beautiful sand dunes along the ocean! |
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| Now arriving at Lompoc-Surf, CA station. |
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| Lompoc-Surf Station is located on Vandenburg Air Force Base. A 3-mile long runway was built near here for the Space Shuttle Program to be an emergency landing strip for the shuttle but was never actually used to land a shuttle here. The test shuttle "Enterprise" did get set up on a launch pad but never actually launched from here. |
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| This is the Union Pacific Lompoc Industrial Lead that ends at this mainline, located just past the Lompoc-Surf Station. Special thanks to Trainorders.com for info on this location. |
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| Ocean Beach Park at the mouth of the Santa Ynez River just past Lompoc-Surf Station. |
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| In Business Class, you get this snack pack around lunchtime which has things like cookies and kettle chips along with trail mix and candy, with a Diet Pepsi for me of course! |
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| Oceano Dunes at Oceano, CA. That's a lot of sand!!! |
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| I see a salad in my future! One of many farms, this one near Guadalupe, CA. |
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| That's some serious farm equipment! |
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| Making a quick stop at Grover Beach, CA. |
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| A precursor of things to come on this trip! Yep, why do I seem to think those grapes might be for, I don't know, WINE MAYBE??? |
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| Some historic railroad equipment being worked on in the Historic Railroad District of San Luis Obispo, CA. |
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| Passing by the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum near the Amtrak Station. |
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| Now having arrived at San Luis Obispo, CA, despite the rain, it was still a great train ride along the ocean getting here! |
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| And here would be my ride to San Jose, on this Amtrak California Thruway Bus! |
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