Western Railroad Discussion > Surfliner and Oil Cans in Santa Barbara

Visiting my mom in Santa Barbara a couple weeks back, was monitoring the progress of the Oil Cans on the HeadsUpCoastFans io group. Just as we finished lunch, I excused myself for a "railfan ten minutes" (aka an hour or three) to go shoot the train that "I swear is coming right now."

Luckily it was only about an hour, so not too much distress.

Here we see Surfliner A769 head north with a venerable F59PHI and then a series of shots as the Oil Cans appeared soon after.

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One more shot of the cans' can.

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Very nice catches, awesome that train still runs.
JB

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3rdswitch Wrote:
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> Very nice catches, awesome that train still runs.
> JB
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Why wouldn't it still be running?

PHall Wrote:
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> 3rdswitch Wrote:
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> > Very nice catches, awesome that train still
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> > JB
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> Why wouldn't it still be running?

It is cheaper to send it by pipeline than rail, but there is no way you wou get a oil pipeline down the coastline

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