The Pacific coast line is having the ocean eating away at the clifts. This is getting fairly close to the line and could cause a rebuilding of the track away from the cliff ?
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Coaster-Service-Del-Mar-Cliff-Failure-San-Diego-502367551.html?fbclid=IwAR3SKGyNEvHqWgwUNORtBufZdoKh7GO47wSTdED5hNVy2zHTRw6-cR6voGs
Great picture but look at it quick - the newspaper hides it after a few seconds. It is interesting how much coast line in the CA, OR, WA is at risk for this sort of thing My suspicion is that RRs will need a substantial subsidy for line relocation by the end of the century. Blue Streak - if you see a followup article on this please post it.
Understand storms in the Eastern Pacific are causing large waves all along the West Coast - Surfers are calling 'Surf's Up!'
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
BaltACDUnderstand storms in the Eastern Pacific are causing large waves all along the West Coast - Surfers are calling 'Surf's Up!'
Even without the waves they would have issues with breakup of the coastline South of L.A.
http://certificate.ulo.ucl.ac.uk/modules/year_one/pubs.usgs.gov/publications/graphics/Fig25.gif
As I understood it, the Coast Line (Southern Pacific) was north of Los Angeles and the Surf Line (Santa Fe) was south of Los Angeles.
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
Brian SchmidtAs I understood it, the Coast Line (Southern Pacific) was north of Los Angeles and the Surf Line (Santa Fe) was south of Los Angeles.
That is correct as far as it goes, but you will note that his use of "Pacific coast" might refer to the physical coastline, not a railroad line, and the service that was interrupted was the "Coaster" (I think he typed "Coast" in the title thinking "Coaster" as that's the name mentioned in the original story).
I'd have to agree that calling the service the "Surfer" rather than the "Coaster" would make more semantic sense. Suspect there are reasons, though, why Amtrak California might not want to have a train with that name...
Amtrak does call its San Diego-Santa Barbara service "Pacific Surfliner".
CSSHEGEWISCH Amtrak does call its San Diego-Santa Barbara service "Pacific Surfliner".
The Pacific Surfliner trains, which are funded by the California Department of Transportation, and operated by Amtrak, run from San Luis Obispo to San Diego. There are two train and three bus departures a day from San Luis Obispo. The buses connect with southbound trains at Santa Barbara.
The North County Transit District operates the Coaster, which is a commuter service, between Oceanside and San Diego. It also operates the Sprinter, which runs from Oceanside to Escondido. The Coaster makes six stops between Oceanside and San Diego; the Sprinter makes 13 stops between Oceanside and Escondido.
I go to San Diego two or three times a year. On at least one of my trips I fly to Santa Barbara, stay overnight, and then take the train to San Diego.
Hopefully, I won't slide into the sea in February while riding from Santa Barbara to San Diego, which is my next planned trip to California.
Rio Grande Valley, CFI,CFII
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