I decided to take this trip to get some work done... Not sure I will...enjoying the trip too much.
The last time I took the Coast Starlight was about 3 years ago in July we got quite a ways before the train turned around because of a derailed freighter carrying lumber up in Oregon. This should be a better trip.
Anyways...I got to the Simi Valley station early....and saw a train coming...thought it was funny for the Surfliner to be running at that time....snapped a quick photo and boy was I surprised when I saw a superliner car pass by.
I boarded the train and headed to my sleeper... room 8 car 1430. George is my attendant and what a great guy he is. Beautiful trip so far. Had lunch at 1pm with 3 other travelers. 2 of them headed to a model railroading convention in Portland. 3 of us had the veggie burger and 3 of us had the chocolate peanut butter cake... yummy. Great food and great conversation with these 3 wonderful people.
Currently we are stopped just outside of San Luis Obispo waiting for the Southbound Amtrak.
The last time I took the Coast Starlight was about 3 years ago in July we got quite a ways before the train turned around because of a derailed freighter carrying lumber up in Oregon. This should be a better trip.
Anyways...I got to the Simi Valley station early....and saw a train coming...thought it was funny for the Surfliner to be running at that time....snapped a quick photo and boy was I surprised when I saw a superliner car pass by.
I boarded the train and headed to my sleeper... room 8 car 1430. George is my attendant and what a great guy he is. Beautiful trip so far. Had lunch at 1pm with 3 other travelers. 2 of them headed to a model railroading convention in Portland. 3 of us had the veggie burger and 3 of us had the chocolate peanut butter cake... yummy. Great food and great conversation with these 3 wonderful people.
Currently we are stopped just outside of San Luis Obispo waiting for the Southbound Amtrak.