After cresting Miramar Hill at CP Cumbres, Santa Fe 3751 rolled down the grade of Rose Canyon.
Our steam train in Rose Canyon.
We continued into CP Elvira.
Going through CP Elvira.
Descending the grade into San Diego.
Paralelling Moreno Boulevard in northern San Diego.
We then crossed the San Diego River.
A few minutes later, the AAPRCO excursion train reached Old Town, the first of today's destinations. As everyone detrained, we were told to return in four hours. Tom Anderson met Chris Parker and I and we tried to get to the front of the train but could not so decided to go to the San Diego River bridge and wait for the it to reverse back across the bridge.
Pacific Surfliner 768 crossed the San Diego River and made its way to the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego.
Our steam train slowly reversed then stopped twice before finally reversing across the bridge.
The rear car, "Scottish Thistle" led the 24 car private car train across the bridge. This business car was built by National Steel Car as Canadian National Railway 92 in 1959.
Next was 10-6 sleeper 1604 "Palm Leaf", ex. Amtrak 2753 1971, nee Santa Fe 1604 "Palm Leaf" built by American Car and Foundry in 1951 and sleeper-lounge-diner-dome "Bella Vista", ex. lease and remodel to Rail Ventures 1999, exx. Union Pacific 800212 "Native Son" 1984, exxx. David Rohr 1983, exxxx. Ken Nichols/Anbel Corporation ANBX 2041 1981, exxxxx. Auto Train 905 1969, nee Union Pacific 9006 built by American Car and Foundry in 1955.
Business car "Virginia City", ex. "Golden Peak" for Golden State Limited, nee "Crystal Peak" built by Pullman in 1928. Lucius Beebe and Charles Clegg purchased the car in 1954 and created a one-of-a-kind Venetian Renaissance interior and sleeper-lounge-observtion "Burrard", ex. Robert McLean, exx. VIA 1098 "Burrard", nee Canadian National "Burrard" built by Pullman-Standard in 1954.
Sleeper-lounge-diner "Two Rivers", ex. Tom Whitted rebuilt to 6 double bedroom-10 roomette sleeper "Palmetto State", exx. New Georgia Railroad 2000, exxx. Excursion Lines Limited 2092 1982, exxxx. Canadian National 2092 "Hay River" 1967, nee New York Central 10-6 sleeper 10023 "Scioto River" used on the 20th Century Limited built by Pullman-Standard in 1949 and "Colorado Pine", ex. Colorado Zephyrs Incorporated "Colorado Pine" exx. Spencer Chemical Company, exxx. Smoky Hill Railroad and Historical Society 1969, exxxx. Louisville and Nashville dormitory car 1661 1967, nee Louisville and Nashville 6S-6RM-4DB sleeper 3462 "Plantation Pine" used on the Humming Bird and Pan American built by Pullman-Standard in 1953.
Sleeper-lounge "Hollywood Beach", ex. Southern Classic Rail Cars, exx. Amtrak 3231 "Sun Ray" 1971 exxx. Seaboard Coast Line 6501 "Sun Ray" 1971, nee Seaboard Air Line 20 "Hollywood Beach" for service on Silver Meteor built by Pullman in 1956.
Business car "Caritas", ex. High Iron Rail Services, exx. Eastern Rail Car Services, exxx. VIA 2095 "Churchill Falls" 1993, exxxx. Canadian National 14-4 sleeper 2095 "Churchill Falls" 1978, nee St. Louis-San Francisco 1450 "Pierre Laclede" built by Pullman-Standard in 1948, is seen in this shot looking back towards Old Town.
Business car "Pointe St. Charles", ex. Fox River Rail Corporation, exx. Private Owner "Point St. Charles" 2002, exxx. Canadian National 5, exxxx. Canadian National 100:6 1970, exxxxx. Canadian National 94:5 1967, nee Canadian National 12-1 sleeper "1670 "Rosetown" built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1929 and "Louis Sockalexis", ex. private owner 1963 who rebuilt it into observation car, ex. Pennsylvania Railroad "Fair Wood", nee Pennsylvania Railroad 1 DB-1 compartment-2 drawing room-buffet-lounge-observation 8423 "Frank Thomspon" built by Pullman in 1949.
"Caritas" and party/event-baggage car "Pony Express", nee Canadian Pacific end-door baggage-express 4210 built by Canadian Car and Foundry in 1941. It was once used to transport Royal Canadian Mounted Police horses used in the RCMP's Musical Ride.
Coach-diner-dome "Silver Lariat", ex. Amtrak 9452 "Silver Lariat" exx. Burlington Northern 4718, nee Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 4718 women's/children's coach for California Zephyr built by Budd Company in 1948 and is owned by California Zephyr Railcar Charters. The second car in this photograph is sleeper-lounge "Colonial Crafts", ex. private home 1985, exx. Pennsylvania Railroad 8412 "Colonial Crafts" built by Pullman in 1949.
Coach "Tolani", ex. Santa Fe 4705 "El Capitan", exx. Amtrak 4705 1981, exxx. Amtrak 4816 1971, nee Santa 2282 built by Budd Company in 1953. It was acquired by Rail Journeys West in 2000. Also pictured is sleeper-lounge "City of Angels", ex. New Orleans Chapter National Railway Historical Society "Laurel Stream", exx. Amtrak 3202 "Laurel Stream", exxx. Penn Central 4413 "Laurel stream" 1971, ex. New York Central 10628 "Laurel Stream" 1968, nee New York Central "Laurel Stream" built by Budd Company in 1949.
Club-lounge "Overland Trail", ex. Amtrak bar-lounge 3500, nee Southern pacific 2981 built by Pullman-Standard in 1949 and 6-4-6 sleeper 34 "Salisbury Beach", ex. VIA 1195 "Greenwald", exx. Canadian National 1195 "Greenwald", nee Boston and Maine built by Pullman-Standard in 1954.
Business car "Chapel Hill" ex. DeWitt Chapple 1971, ex. Chesapeake and Ohio office car 3 1971, nee "Hussar" for E.F> Hutton and Marjorie Meriwether Post built by American Car and Foundry in 1922 and sleeper-lounge-dome "The Observatory", ex. Amtrak 9406, exx. Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 9485, nee Chicago, Burlington and Quincy 558, used in service to Northern Pacific on the North Coast Limited built by Budd Company in 1954.
6 double bedroom-10 roomette sleeper "Birch Grove", ex. Cincinnati Railway Company 1995, exx. Amtrak 2451 "Birch Grove", nee Southern Pacific 9020, built by Budd Company in 1950 and sleeper-loung-dome "Northern Sky", ex. David Hoffman and Northern Sky Inc 1992, exx. Northern Rail Car 1991, exxx. Transcisco Tours 1990, exxxx. Northern Rail Car NRCX 903 1988, exxxxx. Bryan Reese and Classic Rail Travel "Bryce Canyon" (name not applied) exxxxxx. Promontory Chapter National Railway Historical Society 1984, exxxxxxx. Dixie Rail Corporation 1982, exxxxxxxx. American Law Centre 1981, exxxxxxxxx. Auto Train 903 1972, nee Union Pacific 9003 built by American Car and Foundry in 1955.
Sleeper-lounge "Northern Dreams", ex. GrandLuxe Rail Journeys 2006, exx. American Orient Express "Montreal", exxx. Amtrak 2230 "Star Scene" 1999, exxxx. Amtrak 2254 "Star Scene" 1971, exxxx. Union Pacific 1705 "Star Scene" 1971, exxxxx. Union Pacific 11 double bedroom "Star Scene" 1969, nee Union Pacific 5 double bedroom-buffet-lounge "North Platte" 1956 built by Pullman-Standard in 1955. The other car is parlour-lounge-observation "City of Spokane", ex. Amtrak 3771 "Port of Vancouver", nee Great Northern 1196 "Port of Vancouver" built by American Car and Foundry in 1950.
The steam engine and diesels would cut off and be taken to the Miramar wye at CP Cumbres to be turned. Tom, Chris and I tried to have lunch at the Black Angus by the San Diego Sport Arena but they were not open for lunch on Sundays so we went to Chili's and sat for fifteen minutes before the waitress finally came over, we ordered and she offered us dessert but we did not want any. The manager then gave us a 50 percent discount off our meals which was really nice of him. Afterwards, we drove to CP Moreno and found just the cars of our train on the mainline there so I photographed the consist.
"Scottish Thistle".
"Palm Leaf"
"Bella Vista".
"Virginia City".
"Burrard".
"Two Rivers".
"Colorado Pine"
"Hollywood Beach".
"Pointe St. Charles".
"Louis Sockalexis".
"Caritas".
"Pony Express".
"Silver Lariat".
"Colonial Crafts".
"Tolani".
"City of Angels".
"Overland Trail".
"Salisbury Beach".
"Chapel Hill".
"The Observatory".
"Birch Grove".
"Northern Sky".
"Northern Dreams".
"City of Spokane".
One last picture of our train at Moreno. Tom then drove us back to Old Town and we waited for the excursion train to return.
