Passenger Trains > Amtrak/San Diego/Surfliner Problems

There's a Surfliner stopped at mp259.0. South of cp Elvira. Cab car side door open. Crew out. Loco is running.
Now a sb Amtrak has hooked up to it and looks to be pushing it back to CP Morena. Double trackage there.
Update: Both trains are tied together and are heading out of San Diego as of 12 noon.
Lucky for Amtrak, rescue train was double headed.
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Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 08/26/15 12:05 by bnsfdevore.

It looks like it's time to build a service facility down here in San Diego. Over the last several months there has been a number of breakdowns here. Besides when the trough tracks ever gets built at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal San Diego would be a better start point for the Pacific Surfliner anyways.

msdgbar Wrote:
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> It looks like it's time to build a service
> facility down here in San Diego. Over the last
> several months there has been a number of
> breakdowns here. Besides when the trough tracks
> ever gets built at Los Angeles Union Passenger
> Terminal San Diego would be a better start point
> for the Pacific Surfliner anyways.

Sure, provide a way to fund it and I'm sure Amtrak would build it.

State of California has been working on a service facility  for a great number of years.  2 problems,  Where does it go in the high value property of San Diego and who pays for it.

Old "Five year plans" show this desire.