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Train Travel Meetup Group
Train Travel Meetups: The Monthly Train Travel Meetup is usually held on the FOURTH MONDAY of each month from 5 PM until about 7 PM. The Meetups are usually held at the Knowlwood Restaurant, 150 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, California 92832 in Downtown Fullerton directly across the parking lot from the Fullerton Amtrak / Metrolink Station at the corner of Harbor Blvd. and Santa Fe Avenue. We usually have about 20 or so people in attendance at each Meetup. The meetup ends about 7 PM as many of the people like to head over to the Fullerton Amtrak Station to watch the arrival and 7:20 PM departure of eastbound Amtrak Train #4, the Amtrak Southwest Chief heading for Chicago. Sometimes their will be an optional Meetup Group Rail Outing. These are usually Amtrak or Metrolink trips that will start in the morning and end in the afternoon or early evening of the same day. Information about any upcoming rail trips can be found at the Train Travel Meetup Group website at Meetup.com CLICK HERE for more information or to RSVP for the next Meetup or Rail Outing.
Click each link below for photos of past Train Travel Meetups courtesy of Cathy & Mary Stanfill:
What is the Train Travel Meetup Group? The Train Travel Meetup Group is not a passenger rail advocacy group nor a nuts & bolts railfan group. We are just a bunch of people that like to get together and discuss our rail travel experiences in a relaxed atmosphere over some food and drinks! If you like to travel by rail, or are interested in getting started in rail travel, then you should come to our meeting! If you have questions about travel on Amtrak, VIA Rail Canada, or on most other excursion and tourist railways, bring your questions to the meeting. Someone will probably have answers to your questions! There are no application forms and no dues. This is a "no pressure" meeting without speakers or any set agenda. We'll just be talking about wherever the conversation takes us, though we will try our best to keep the topic on rail travel! Just show up on the 4th Monday of each month at 5pm whenever it fits your schedule. Some of us will be there at almost every meeting! Each meeting will end around 7:00pm. You are welcome to join some of the members who plan to wander over to the Fullerton Amtrak Station after the meeting to watch the arrival and departure of the eastbound Amtrak Southwest Chief. What a great way to end the evening! Come to the meeting by rail! Fullerton has extensive rail and bus service. You can get to Downtown Fullerton from many parts of Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties by either Amtrak or Metrolink trains, or in combination with other public transit rail and bus systems. Numerous OCTA bus routes also serve Downtown Fullerton. For exact schedules and routes, visit Amtrak.com, MetrolinkTrains.com, and www.OCTA.net If you would like to find out more about the Train Travel Meetup Group and some of its members, click here to go to the Train Travel Meetup Group website. Although not required in order to attend the meetings, you can "officially" join the "Train Travel Meetup Group" at the above link and will then be able to let the rest of the group know more about yourself and will be kept informed about group activities and members.
20 people attended the January 28, 2008 Train Travel Meetup making that a record number for a regular monthly Meetup. Only our special holiday parties have ever seen larger attendance. Even though the cold and threat of rain caused us to meet inside the Slidebar Cafe instead of our usual outdoor patio location, we still drew a record number. The following were in attendance: Cathy Stanfill, Carole Walker, Chris Guenzler, Winston Walker, Anton Lazzaro, Pat Moran, Robin Bowers, Jonathon Ortiz, Tom Anderson, Carl Morrison, John Searight, Sharon Frazier, Todd Frazier, Kirk Schneider, Mary Stanfill, Arnold James (AJ), Chris Parker, Nancy Jang, Ken Ruben and Steve Grande. The October 24, 2005, Train Travel Meetup was the most successful ever! With 16 people at the event, including 4 visiting from the Bay Area, it was the largest turnout ever! After the meeting, we all went to the Fullerton Santa Fe Depot to greet Amtrak President David Gunn as he arrived in the Amtrak corporate car on the tail of the eastbound Amtrak Southwest Chief. People at the event included: Ken Ruben, Chris Parker, Harold Penensen, Dan Dalke, William Puhl, Mary Pearl Puhl, Stephen Grande, Ray Burns, Margaret Monroe, Daniel Monroe, Pat Moran, L.R. Smithline, Chris Guenzler, Winston W. Walker, Art Tomlin, and Ross Moore, Jr.
Click each of the below images for larger photos from the Oct 24, 2005 OC Train Travel Meetup.
Click here for photos from Jonathon Ortiz of the May 20, 2006, outing to Santa Barbara!
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