My wife and I took a trip on the SurfLiner from Van Nuys to San Diego and back.
Departed on Thu April 9.
Trip down was delayed about an hour due to a derailment just west of Fullerton.
A string of tank cars derailed on a siding adjacent to the main line and traffic was restricted to 10 mph in the area.
The car that derailed was on a bridge and went over the side dragging the other cars. The flipped like a string of dominos.
Fire department was cleaning up the toxic spill.
Back to the real reason for the post. I was on a mission to find and possibly photograph the famous Amtrak Special Agent Pat at the San Diego station.
I only found contract security personnel, who were very helpful by the way.
When I inquired about Pat the security person said she had not heard of him and the only Amtrak security guy she knew was Jose who was the taller half of a K9 team. She added that if he is around he must be in deep cover.
The trip back on Easter morning was uneventful. The conductor said he expected standing room only and was not boarding people in Oceanside that were trying to get to Anaheim for the ball game. In business class there seemed to be no crowding.
Bottom line, it was a nice trip but failed the primary mission.
Departed on Thu April 9.
Trip down was delayed about an hour due to a derailment just west of Fullerton.
A string of tank cars derailed on a siding adjacent to the main line and traffic was restricted to 10 mph in the area.
The car that derailed was on a bridge and went over the side dragging the other cars. The flipped like a string of dominos.
Fire department was cleaning up the toxic spill.
Back to the real reason for the post. I was on a mission to find and possibly photograph the famous Amtrak Special Agent Pat at the San Diego station.
I only found contract security personnel, who were very helpful by the way.
When I inquired about Pat the security person said she had not heard of him and the only Amtrak security guy she knew was Jose who was the taller half of a K9 team. She added that if he is around he must be in deep cover.
The trip back on Easter morning was uneventful. The conductor said he expected standing room only and was not boarding people in Oceanside that were trying to get to Anaheim for the ball game. In business class there seemed to be no crowding.
Bottom line, it was a nice trip but failed the primary mission.
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