Western Railroad Discussion > We're Definitely Not In Kansas Anymore

With a visiting Kansas City Southern locomotive on the point and a string cars stretching back across the Santa Ynez River bridge on to Vandenberg Air Force Base, an El Paso-bound auto rack train takes the siding at Surf to meet "Lucky Seven" Surfliner 777 tonight.

 

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NIIIIIIICE....!!

Please forgive my lack of knowledge, but this appears to be a through train from the Bay Area.

I thought only locals were running on the Coast these days.

Regards, Jim Evans

Nice catch of a unit really out of its element.
Brian Stevens

FiveChime Wrote:
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> Please forgive my lack of knowledge, but this
> appears to be a through train from the Bay Area.
>
> I thought only locals were running on the Coast
> these days.

There are no regularly scheduled, symboled trains on the Coast Line, but its status as an afterthought route makes it a good route to operate empty as-needed trains, such as autorack and baretable repos, and autorack repos like this are very common.

Tor in Eugene