Passenger Trains > Any Update on the Coast Line

Anybody have any updates because I have a Cousin coming down on #11 on friday. He hopes to see the whole route so does anyone have any updates?

North of Los Angeles, Amtrak does not expect to be running any trains before Monday or Tuesday at the earliest. There are significant track and signal problems at the Ventura River Bridge, Seacliff and La Conchita.

Coast to SLO expected to be out for a month or so - he will NOT see the coast. If he's LUCKYhe will be bused SLO-LA via Santa Barbara. STRONG possibility he will be bused via Bakersfield/I5

I think it was local TV (but may be findable if you check websites for stations like KCAL Channel 9) but the pic had a stretch of track between Camarillo and Moorpark just dangling in midair, perhaps 100 feet or more of track and a lot of nothing but air underneath. I don't see this being open as quickly as you'd like.

pacificeclectic Wrote:
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> I think it was local TV (but may be findable if
> you check websites for stations like KCAL Channel
> 9) but the pic had a stretch of track between
> Camarillo and Moorpark just dangling in midair,
> perhaps 100 feet or more of track and a lot of
> nothing but air underneath.

http://www.nbc4.com/slideshow/news/4076724/detail.html?qs=1;s=1;dm=ss;p=news

There are Somis shots (the spot I mentioned) from NBC on a thread just down a bit on "Wash-out on Surfline at San Clemente (images 18k)," the NBC report got it wrong.

Faster on the fingers? :) At least the station I caught got the location close. I don't think this is over yet. Was looking around the street where I live and there is still water oozing up from cracks in the blacktop. A couple of years back, we thought maybe a spring had restarted in the area, until the water department tested and found chlorine in it. Either way, spring or busted pipe, it could make for some "interesting" times. And the slide on the border of South Pasadena and Los Angeles under the Gold Line I'd bet has them worried, let alone any place else that when trafic picks up is going to get renewed pounding, etc. Maybe a weekend for picture taking if I can get away from the soccer games.

I'm ticketed this weekend for 11(14) SJC-SLO and 14(16) SLO-SJC. Amtrak tells me that both trains are annulled south of OKJ, with no alternative transportation. I now need to secure a bus ticket.

Matt, the Thruways appear to be running normally Bay Area-SBA (there's now 3 of them, right?)

So anyone know when the coast line will be back in service?

ProAmtrak Wrote:
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> So anyone know when the coast line will be back in
> service?


Best estimates 3-4 weeks

roberthedgecock Wrote:
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> Best estimates 3-4 weeks


Bummer, the surfline's back in action this weekend!

how is this going to affect my trip on #14 from LA to Portland on 1-31

Country Boy

CountryBoy Wrote:
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> how is this going to affect my trip on #14 from LA
> to Portland on 1-31

This is just a slightly educated guess, but I'd predict:

Los Angeles (LAX) - Bakersfield (BFD), Thruways (bus, 100 miles)
Bakersfield (BFD) - Oakland/Jack London (OKJ), San Joaquin (train, 318 miles)
Oakland/Jack London (OKJ)- Emeryville (EMY), local bus (3.5 miles)
Emeryville (EMY) - Portland (PDX), Coast Starlight (train, 724 miles)