Nostalgia & History > The Coast Starlight at the MiraMar in Santa Barbara . . .

Not a great photo but brings back memories of many holidays at the Miramar  . . this is the view you had out the door of your beachside room facing the tracks . . taken in the early 1980's.

Craig
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Yes we stayed at the MiraMar a few times and loved it!  Too bad it's gone now...

The replacement hotel rates are out of this world . . too expensive for us!!
Craig
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Actually, you can still enjoy the Miramar experience...if you can afford it.  A new, luxury hotel has been built in its place...and the trains still run through the property. Very unique! Just don't expect to pay what you paid for a room at the old Miramar.



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Old SP RR LA based passenger train and engine crews worked to and from Santa  Barbara, CA.
 

Loved staying in the oceanside rooms!
All that beauty on the West side.
And SP at the back door.
My all time favorite hotel experience.

TAH

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RodneyZona Wrote:
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> Old SP RR LA based passenger train and engine
> crews worked to and from Santa  Barbara, CA.
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The train crews worked LA to SLO and return. The SLO based worked to LA.

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I grew up in this neighborhood- a Montecito Kid. We would ride our bikes down to the Miramar and hang at the beach all day. There was still a wig-wag on the crossing at San Ysidro Rd on the corner of the hotel property that we used to climb at night and swing the banner so it would ring (stopped a few cars with that stunt). At 16 I bussed tables at the Miramar- one of my first jobs. They let me drive the electric cart to fill refrigerators around the hotel-
Hey! My first car!
SR