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Scenes Along the Surfline in My Quest for a Million Rail Miles 1/31/2007 to 4/18/2007



by Chris Guenzler



Since I do not write about every Pacific Surfliner train I ride, I was asked by a reader if I could show pictures along the line on my quest for a Million Rail Miles. The only extra thing that would require was to take a camera with me on my trips, so I thought why not. So here we go!





1/31/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 578 arrived at San Diego to join a pair of Coaster trains.





2/1/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 784 arrived at Santa Ana.





2/1/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 589 at Santa Ana.





2/2/2007 -- San Clemente Pier from Pacific Surfliner 785.





2/3/2007 -- San Mateo Creek from Pacific Surfliner 785.





2/3/2007 -- Passing through San Clemente on the same train.





2/3/2007 -- San Clemente Pier.





2/3/2007 -- Just south of North Beach.





2/3/2007 -- A great sunset from Pacific Surfliner 785.





2/3/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 582 at CP Capistrano.





2/3/2007 -- Nearing Irvine on board Pacific Surfliner 785.





2/3/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 785 at Santa Ana.







2/4/2007 -- A Pacific Parlour Car on the Coast Starlight.





2/4/2007 00 Saddleback Mountain as seen from Pacific Surfliner 579.





2/4/2007 -- Due to signal problems ahead of Pacific Surfliner 577, Metrolink 657 pulled in behind us.





2/4/2007 -- Metrolink 656 came into CP Capistrano to pass us.





2/5/2007 -- Metrolink 808 arrived at San Juan Capistrano.





2/6/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 578 at Solana Beach.





2/6/2007 -- Santa Fe station in San Diego.





2/6/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 578 in San Diego getting ready to return north as Pacific Surfliner 589.





2/6/2007 -- The bell tower of the Santa Fe station in San Diego.





2/6/2007 -- The San Diego Trolley passes in front of the station.





2/6/2007 -- The Santa Fe emblem in the station's south overhead large window.





2/6/2007 -- The south entrance of the Santa Fe station.





2/6/2007 -- The interior of the waiting room.





2/7/2007 -- The San Juan Capistrano station, part was the old Santa Fe station.





2/7/2007 -- Metrolink 808 at San Juan Capistrano.





2/7/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 582 at San Juan Capistrano.





2/7/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 582 then departed.





2/7/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 785 arrived at San Juan Capistrano take me home to Santa Ana.





2/7/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 785 at Santa Ana.





2/7/2007 -- Metrolink 608 at Irvine.





2/7/2007 -- A BNSF freight blasted through Irvine.





2/7/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 589 arrived at Irvine.





2/26/2007 -- A Metrolink train along the Los Angeles River.





2/26/2007 -- A Union Pacific freight train along the river.





2/26/2007 -- Another Metrolink train paralleling the river.





2/26/2007 -- More Union Pacific power.





2/27/2007 -- Sunset along Mission Bay in San Diego aboard Pacific Surfliner 589.





3/1/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 578 arrived at Santa Ana to take me to San Diego for the Pacific Southwest Railroad Museum banquet.





3/2/20007 -- Pacific Surfliners wait their turn this pre-sunrise morning in San Diego.





3/2/2007 -- The engines on the south end.





3/2/2007 -- Mission Bay before sunrise from Pacific Surfliner 763.





3/2/2007 -- My favorite lagoon just south of Del Mar.





3/2/2007 -- The Pacific Ocean at Del Mar.





3/2/2007 -- San Mateo Creek south of County Line.







3/2/2007 -- The Tustin Blimp Hangers are the largest wooden structures in the world.





3/2/2007 -- Low tide at North Beach San Clemente from Pacific Surfliner 578.





3/2/2007 -- South of County Line.





3/2/2007 -- San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant.





3/2/2007 -- Oceanside Harbour.





3/2/2007 -- San Luis Rey River just north of Oceanside.





3/2/2007 -- A Coaster train meets Pacific Surfliner 578 at Solana Beach.





3/4/2007 -- Sea lions on the man-made reef south of the San Clemente Pier from Pacific Surfliner 564.





3/4/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 774 turning into Pacific Surfliner 785.





3/4/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 785 waiting to leave San Diego on time.





3/4/2007 -- Alan B. Feinstein, a railfan from New Jersey, whom I rode home with.





3/4/2007 -- On the bluff south of San Onofre from Pacific Surfliner 785.





3/4/2007 -- San Mateo Creek.





3/4/2007 -- San Clemente Island, a rare view of this offshore island.





3/4/2007 -- San Clemente Pier.





3/6/2007 -- The Dana Point seawall.





3/6/2007 -- San Clemente Pier from the north.





3/6/2007 -- Right before the train climbs onto the San Onofre Bluff.





3/6/2007 -- Views along the San Onofre Bluff.





3/6/2007 -- Crossing Camp Pendleton at 90 MPH, the largest open space left along the coastline in Southern California.





3/6/2007 -- The future Sprinter station in Oceanside under construction.





3/6/2007 -- Sprinter tracks under construction.





3/6/2007 - A future route to ride.





3/6/2007 -- Agua Herronda Lagoon.





3/6/2007 - Batiquitos Lagoon.





3/6/2007 -- The view from near Cardiff-by-the-Sea.





3/6/2007 -- San Eilijo Lagoon.





3/6/2007 -- The view from the Del Mar Bluffs.





3/6/2007 -- Climbing Miramar Hill.





3/6/2007 -- Mission Bay.





3/6/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 578 ready to turn into Pacific Surfliner 589.





3/6/2007 -- San Diego International Airport as viewed from Pacific Surfliner 589.





3/6/2007 -- After crossing the San Diego River.





3/6/2007 -- Mission Bay.





3/6/2007 -- Mission Bay and a fantastic sunset.





3/7/2007 -- An El Nino storm a few years ago deposited this tree trunk into the beach and ever since, locals have planted an American Flag on top of it, as seen from Pacific Surfliner 578.





3/7/2007 -- Another view of the small bay as we started our northbound beach running on Pacific Surfliner 785.





3/7/2007 -- Pacific Surfliner 582 passed Pacific Surfliner 785 at CP Capistrano.





3/7/2007 -- Saddleback is really two peaks, Santiago and Trabuco Peaks, as seen from the Irvine station on Pacific Surfliner 785.





3/8/2007 -- San Onofre Creek.





3/8/2007 -- San Mateo Creek.



Part 2 of this travelogue