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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!





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





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





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





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





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 Pacifc Surfliner 785. 2/3/2007





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







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





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. 2/4/2007





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





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. 2/6/2007





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 into 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. 2/7/2007





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





A Union Pacific freight train along the Los Angeles River. 2/26/2007





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





More Union Pacific power along the Los Angeles River. 2/26/2007





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





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





Surfliners wait their turn this pre-sunrise morning in San Diego. 3/2/2007





The engines on the south end that morning. 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. 3/02/2007





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. 3/2/2007





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. 3/4/2007





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 for me 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. 3/6/2007





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. 3/7/2007





San Onofre Creek. 2/8/2007





San Mateo Creek. 2/8/2007



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