Passenger Trains > If you like your Surfliner extra long

The longish Pacific Surfliner with dome Ocean View operating today as 568 southbound and 593 northbound:

Consist from north to south:

Locomotive 453
Superliner I Coach 34951 Redwood Grove
Superliner I Diner Lounge 37000
Superliner I Coach 34101
Surfliner Coach 6404 Redondo Beach
Cabbage 90278
Horizon Coach 54561
Horizon Coach 54504
Horizon Coach 54547
Horizon Coach 54518
Horizon Cafe/Coach 58106
Dome Lounge 10031 Ocean View
Amfleet I Business Class 81545
Locomotive 167 (P42DC)

Northbound 583 had six cars and two locomotives. There was no protect locomotive at the station.

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4) Ocean View
5) Diner Lounge 37000
6) Surfliner 583



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/20/17 19:08 by SDGreg.

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I miss when they had up 15 cars and book end Units on a train. During the Del Mar Race Season.
And during Thankgiving

I guess Amtrak isn't able to have 14 car trains now days.

Jerry Martin
Los Angeles, CA
Central Coast Railroad Festival

Anything more then 11 cars and two loco's is all the station tracks can handle, unless using the joint freight passenger line.   If this is used, then the equipment has to be split or moved elsewhere waiting for its return.  Some years back, when reconstructing the yard, the interlocking was made just south of Ash Street IF my memory is correct.  I recall speaking to the then Supt of Amtrak in this regards.

Sure in the old days, Santa Fe could handle 21 cars, but that is history along with lots of other items.

 

I think ComiCon is going on right now.

San Diego is a beautiful city....

Bill Deaver
Tehachapi, CA

Saw one today that had 2 locos on head end, 10 cars and a loco pushing,

stevedavis Wrote:
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> I think ComiCon is going on right now.

It has been widely posted here that the annual San Diego crush of both the Del Mar Racing and Comic Con are going on resulting in extra equipment being put into service.

It was parked on the outermost track from the station, the one I've seen most often used for through freight movements. There was no more room at the south end with cutting off access to the adjacent track, and fueling for the other tracks. At the north end, there was room for on additional passenger car at most.

mundo Wrote:
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> Anything more then 11 cars and two loco's is all
> the station tracks can handle, unless using the
> joint freight passenger line.   If this is used,
> then the equipment has to be split or moved
> elsewhere waiting for its return.  Some years
> back, when reconstructing the yard, the
> interlocking was made just south of Ash Street IF
> my memory is correct.  I recall speaking to the
> then Supt of Amtrak in this regards.
>
> Sure in the old days, Santa Fe could handle 21
> cars, but that is history along with lots of other
> items.
>
>  

Amazing how SD has chnaged in 10 years. Now its just a city , up until around 2007 7 it still had a quaintness to it.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/21/17 07:56 by kingman.

Wow, did your camera drop acid?