A Rainy Day Rail Outing for
The Rail Travel Meetup Group
To San Luis Obispo, California
Monday, January 18, 2010
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Above: Ken Barrett & Steve Grande leaving from Anaheim, California, on a Metrolinkg train in
the wee hours of the morning.
Above: The group assembles on the platform of Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) waiting to
board the 7:30 AM Northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner to San Luis Obispo.
Above: Check the larger image for the "Dummy" cover.
Above: On the way! Photo #1: Winston W. Walker, Chris Guenzler, Winston W. Walker's daughter.
Photo #2: Shelly Alongi and Ken Barrett. Photo #3: Arnold James (AJ)
Above: Photo #1: Pat Moran. Photo #2 & #3: Inside shots of our single level Amfleet Car. Amtrak
is using double level Surfliner Cars with some Superliner Coach Cars for the rest of the
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner fleet. These single level cars are only being used on the 7:30 AM
run from Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) to San Luis Obispo (SLO) and back.
Above: Photos along the route
Above: Arrival into San Luis Obispo, California (SLO)
Above: Ken walking with Shelley in San Luis Obispo
Above: Photo from a rail trip I took alone on another rainy day following our San Luis Obispo
rail outing. I like riding trains on rare rainy days in Southern California. A rainbow can be
seen in the last photo.
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