Cristobal
Lead Service Attendant
...is sounding like a 'for sure' thing. :huh:
Where did you hear that at?This will be happening. UP has trackwork south of SJC that will close the railroad for #11's operation.
Well, Just did a few test bookings for the dates mentioned in the other forum and while Amtrak.com is very happy to sell me a ticket to LA on those days, it seems very insistent that the southbound CS is 'sold out' to SLO and SBA.Reading some of those replies I think it's a load of it. But only Amtrak knows. Nothing posted on Amtrak's website. So IMO this is just a rumor started by someone who wants everyone to stand out on the mainline for hours at a time waiting for number 11 to go by with no luck. :angry:
It's confirmed!Where did you hear that at?This will be happening. UP has trackwork south of SJC that will close the railroad for #11's operation.
By Amtrak?? I'm 100% confused now! :lol:It's confirmed!Where did you hear that at?This will be happening. UP has trackwork south of SJC that will close the railroad for #11's operation.
If you want to ride over Tehachapi, PRS is running a special train April 2-3 over Tehachapi, too. It'll be Amfleet, but it is supposed to have Amtrak's Ocean View full-length dome and it will be open seating in the dome. Here is a link if you are interested.I'm sure that there will be more than a few people upset that they won't be getting the ocean view portion of the trip during this detour (similar to the loss of the scenic Rockie portion missed on the WY detour of the CZ a few years ago). I'm guessing that those pax already holding tix for the affected dates will be called and advised of the change and an offer made to re-schedule their trip if they want (at least that's what Amtrak did with me for my detoured CZ trip).
Personally, having lived a great deal of my life in the high desert area an being through the Tehachapis many many times, I would really enjoy seeing this route as a train passenger.
Unfortunately, I'm at the wrong end of CA to make that work without great expense. However, I am contemplating a trip on the CS during one of those work periods to do just that. It all boils down to logistics (and finances of course).If you want to ride over Tehachapi, PRS is running a special train April 2-3 over Tehachapi, too. It'll be Amfleet, but it is supposed to have Amtrak's Ocean View full-length dome and it will be open seating in the dome. Here is a link if you are interested.I'm sure that there will be more than a few people upset that they won't be getting the ocean view portion of the trip during this detour (similar to the loss of the scenic Rockie portion missed on the WY detour of the CZ a few years ago). I'm guessing that those pax already holding tix for the affected dates will be called and advised of the change and an offer made to re-schedule their trip if they want (at least that's what Amtrak did with me for my detoured CZ trip).
Personally, having lived a great deal of my life in the high desert area an being through the Tehachapis many many times, I would really enjoy seeing this route as a train passenger.
http://www.pacificrailroadsociety.org/excursions/index.html
Yes, by Amtrak. Try booking a trip southbound during those dates either to or from one of the stops that will be bypassed, and you'll find that you can't book the trip.By Amtrak?? I'm 100% confused now! :lol:It's confirmed!Where did you hear that at?This will be happening. UP has trackwork south of SJC that will close the railroad for #11's operation.
Does anyone know what way the detoured trains are taking from Oakland to Niles?
Some information that I read from before the actual start stated that they would be taking the Niles Sub. (the line that the Capitol Corridor takes), but there doesn't seem to be a direct connection from the north to the Oakland Sub. going east at Niles Jct. It would make more sense to connect to the Oakland Sub. at Melrose; or just take the normal route on the Coast Sub., with a left at Newark onto the Niles Sub. going east, which has a direct connection at Niles (the route that ACE takes).
Oakland - Capitol Corridor - Fremont (Niles) - Altamont Commuter Express route through Niles Canyon, Pleasanton, Livermore, and Altamont Pass to Lathrop - UP (former SP) line throught the San Joaquin Valley* to Bakersfield and over Tehachapi Pass to Mojave and Lancaster - Metrolink Antelope Valley Line through Palmdale and San Fernando to Los Angeles. This particular route between Oakland and Lathrop via Livermore has not seen regular passenger service in decades.
* This is NOT the route the San Joaquin trains use.
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