Recent content by trainfan969

Not anymore! Most of the routes now start at 5:50 AM or 6 AM http://www.ladottransit.com/dash/routes/downtown/downtown.php#dos

I'm not sure what time the TE arrives into LAX but the Dash B route service starts at 5:50 AM.

Now that I think of it, this is the second accident in the past six months involving a cabcar. Last August Metrolink 102 struck a truck and the Rotem cabcar fared well in that incident. Video of the train: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V-ZqnIPGzo The Bombardier car right behind it didn't...

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-metrolink-train-hits-dump-truck-injured-20130406,0,6072787.story Looks like there were 13 injuries including the truck driver

Ouch, another Metrolink train hits a dump truck at a crossing: http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Metrolink-train-collides-with-dump-truck-in-pacoima-201783001.html

New article on the X-Train http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/la-trb-adults-party-train-oc-vegas-20121126,0,7115914.story

Surfliner 763 is a good bet and there is checked luggage service available at the Anaheim station. If on time, you should arrive in LA with plenty of time to spare. The Metrolink is fair game but you will need to wrangle your own luggage. LA Union Station can be a bit of a mess during rush hour...

As usual the news parrots what they are told without too much checking. Looks like Nippon and the Sumitomo corp have partnered for many projects before.

For the Surfliner cars, there is a control panel in each car that controls the doors for that particular car or all the cars. The doors are 2 piece and they operate much like elevator doors. I'm sure there is also an interlock to keep the train from moving unless all doors are properly closed.

For the Metrolink riders, its probably dependent on what city pairs were surveyed. From what I heard, there are lots of riders between LA and Ventura county. In my experience, there were fewer riders between LA and OC. As for the reserved seating issue, I believe the crews wanted that to...

I'm sure someone will seize upon that statement and exclaim that Amtrak knew about ComicCon and did nothing about it. Well truth be told, there's been a conga line for evening departures to SAN from LAX since the summer began.

That would be me. Literally all the equipment at the LA yard is there to be serviced for its next run or for maintenance. Under extreme circumstances have the workers borrowed or swapped equipment temporarily from the LD trains for the Surfliner sets (I recall a CCC and a Sightseer Lounge)...

Since Metrolink is primarily a commuter rail, they are going to need all the equipment they have during the work week. However if there was a crunch during the weekend, Amtrak could have coordinated with Metrolink and rented a trainset or two. Another issue with a through train is 2 fold. First...

Sometimes the AmFleet set has a double header (with any combination P32, F59 or P42) other times it's just an engine on one end and a cabbage car (90230 or 90208)

If Metrolink and if the North County Transit District want to do that, they sure can. There isn't much Metrolink trains to Oceanside outside of the commute hours. If there were to be more trains, someone has to pay for it. Then you have Amtrak and CalTrans who could throw a roadblock to this...