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Southern California
Rail Travel Meetup Group
TrainWeb.org/rtmeetup
Above photos of Southern California Rail Travel Meetup courtesy of
Carl Morrison.
Rail Travel Meetups:
4th Monday Each Month, 5PM-7PM,
Knowlwood Restaurant, Downtown Fullerton,
150 S. Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, CA 92832
The Monthly Rail Travel Meetup is usually held on the fourth Monday of each month
from 5 PM until about 7 PM. The Meetups are usually held at the
Knowlwood Restaurant, 150 S Harbor Blvd, Fullerton, California 92832 in Downtown Fullerton
directly across the parking lot from the Fullerton Amtrak / Metrolink Station
at the corner of Harbor Blvd. and Santa Fe Avenue.
We usually have about 20 or so people in attendance at each Meetup.
The Meetup ends about 7 PM as many of the people like to head over to the Fullerton Amtrak Station
to watch the arrival and 7:20 PM departure of eastbound Amtrak Train #4, the Amtrak Southwest Chief
heading for Chicago.
Sometimes there will be an optional Meetup Group Rail Outing. These are usually Amtrak or
Metrolink trips that will start in the morning and end in the afternoon or early evening
of the same day. Information about any upcoming rail trips can be found at the
Rail Travel Meetup Group website at
Meetup.com/rtmeetup.
CLICK HERE
for more information or to RSVP for the next Meetup or Rail Outing.
Upcoming Rail Travel Outings:
Future Santa Barbara Daylight Wine Lover's Train Trips
12/31/09-01/03/10 New Year Celebration in La Plata, Missouri BOOK NOW!
There will be a rail travel outing to San Luis Obispo on Monday, January 18, 2010!
This will be a one day rail outing to San Luis Obispo and back.
Northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #799 departs from Los Angeles at 7:30 AM and arrives into
San Luis Obispo at 12:45 PM. If you are starting further south than Los Angeles,
you can take a northbound Metrolink train to Los Angeles. For Metrolink schedules, see:
www.MetrolinkTrains.com.
We'll then take Southbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Train #798 departing San Luis Obispo at
2:00 PM that arrives back into Los Angeles at 7:40 PM. Those going further south can change
trains to Southbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Train #592 departing Los Angeles at 8:30 PM.
Click Here
to RSVP or for more information.
Northbound at Guadalupe we will all call the Del Monte Cafe in SLO to order our lunches which we
will pick up when we walk over there. Eat it there or back at the train station.
What is the Rail Travel Meetup Group?
The Rail Travel Meetup Group is not a passenger rail advocacy group nor a nuts & bolts railfan
group. We are just a bunch of people that like to get together and discuss our rail travel
experiences in a relaxed atmosphere over some food and drinks! If you like to travel by rail, or
are interested in getting started in rail travel, then you should come to our Meetup! If you have
questions about travel on Amtrak, VIA Rail Canada, or on most other excursion and tourist railways,
bring your questions to the Meetup. Someone will probably have answers to your questions!
There are no application forms and no dues. This is a "no pressure" Meetup without speakers or any
set agenda. We'll just be talking about wherever the conversations take us, though we will try our
best to keep the topic on rail travel! Just show up on the 4th Monday of each month at 5pm whenever
it fits your schedule. Some of us are there at almost every Meetup!
Each Meetup will end around 7:00pm. You are welcome to join some of the members who like to wander
over to the Fullerton Amtrak Station after the Meetup to watch the arrival and departure of the
eastbound Amtrak Southwest Chief. What a great way to end the evening!
Come to the Meetup by rail!
Fullerton has extensive rail and bus service. You can get to Downtown Fullerton from many parts
of Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura Counties by either
Amtrak or Metrolink trains, or in combination with other public transit rail and bus systems.
Numerous OCTA bus routes also serve Downtown Fullerton.
For exact schedules and routes, visit
Amtrak.com,
MetrolinkTrains.com,
and
www.OCTA.net
If you would like to find out more about the Rail Travel Meetup Group and some of its members,
click here to go to the
Rail Travel Meetup Group website.
Although not required in order to attend the Meetups, you can "officially" join the "Rail Travel Meetup Group" at the above link and
will then be able to let the rest of the group know more about yourself and will be kept informed about group activities and members.
Photos & Stories From Prior Meetups and Rail Outings:
Photos are still being posted of our Meetups and Rail Outings, but now those photos are being
posted directly to the Rail Travel Meetup Group Photo Albums.
Click here
to view those albums.
Photos by Cathy & Mary Stanfill:
12/22/08 Christmas Party /
11/24/08 Meetup
Photos & Stores From More Prior Meetups and Rail Outings:
After the October 24, 2005, Meetup, we all went to the Fullerton Santa Fe Depot to greet
Amtrak President David Gunn as he arrived in the Amtrak corporate car on the tail of the
eastbound Amtrak Southwest Chief. People at the event included: Ken Ruben, Chris Parker,
Harold Penensen, Dan Dalke, William Puhl, Mary Pearl Puhl, Stephen Grande, Ray Burns,
Margaret Monroe, Daniel Monroe, Pat Moran, L.R. Smithline, Chris Guenzler, Winston W. Walker,
Art Tomlin, and Ross Moore, Jr.
Click each of the above images for larger photos from that Oct 24, 2005 OC Train Travel Meetup.
Chris Guenzler:
April 07, 2008 - Chris Reaches 1,000,000 Amtrak Rail Travel Miles
April 27, 2007 - Chris Reaches 1,000,000 Rail Travel Miles Overall
Click here
for photos from the November 29, 2005 Meetup
where we celebrated Chris having completed 900,000 rail travel miles.
Click here for Chris related newspaper articles.
Click here for Chris's own website of rail travel photos and stories.
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