I took this photo immediately after getting off the Southwest Chief in Fullerton,
my Final Destination, for this trip anyway.
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It's 68 degrees outside on a beautiful Saturday Morning in Fullerton. Being from New York
that IS a virtual heat wave, considering its February 23rd!!!
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At 8:10am, this BNSF Freight with C44-9W arrived with 3 more units in Fullerton and
stopped there for about 10 minutes. I remember seeing these units come to Buffalo
before being sent west to operate on their home turf!!!
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Amtrak Train #765 with EMD F59PHI #460 on the lead, headed for Los Angeles at 8:16am.
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BNSF SD40-2 #6719 passing through Fullerton with one trailing unit.
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Another SD40-2, #6343 in Santa Fe paint trails the unit shown in the photo above this one.
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At 8:57am, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Train #560 arrives with its Coach/Baggage Car
on the lead as these trains operate in push-pull mode on this line. F59PH #460
was pushing on the other end of this train.
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A bunch of passengers boarding Train #560 in Fullerton.
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Boarding the train in Fullerton...
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Anaheim Stadium, home of the Anaheim Angels Baseball Team as seen from
looking out the coach window.
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Me, enjoying an ice cold Diet Pepsi and some Krispie Kreme Doughnuts!
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Just over them hills is the Pacific Ocean, although tough to see here, there
are hundreds of expensive condos on the hills.
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Some more really expensive condos on the hills near Oceanside, California.
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The Pacific Ocean, on a beautiful Saturday Morning with some beach-front
homes in the foreground.
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People enjoying the ocean and the beach, in FEBRUARY!!!
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Who wants to play some volleyball on the beach today?
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This section of the trip is by far the best, with the nice wide open views of
the beautiful Pacific Ocean...
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Good surfing conditions today, and yes, people were surfing!!!
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Miles and miles of beautiful beach await you on this trip!
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The San Onofre Power Plant...
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Another view of the San Onofre Power Plant. I believe, although I'm not 100% certain
this power plant was seen in the movie "The Naked Gun 2 1/2".
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A Metrolink coach yard just north of San Diego.
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I believe this is a hotel, set against the ocean, what a site!
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Having just arrived at San Diego at 11:15am, passengers exit Train #560 which will sit here
until its scheduled to depart heading back to Los Angeles and points north as Train #775.
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F59PHI #456 sitting in San Diego. Note the Santa Fe Station in the far left
of this photo.
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A San Diego Trolley Train arriving at the Santa Fe Station, which is jointly used
with San Diego Trolley & Amtrak.
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The sun setting near some Military training grounds north of San Diego on the
return trip back to Fullerton.
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