On an early Saturday morning, I decided to do some railfanning, so I made my way down to San Juan Capistrano for some morning and early afternoon action. The right of way through the station is rather very narrow towards the north of the station, with limited platform space for passengers and tourists alike. Although San Juan Capistrano is a quiet zone, there are many neat railroad artifacts in and around the station, including restaurants and the Amtrak ticket office that are inside old box cars, cabooses, and other rail cars that serve as repurposed buildings.
Train 1 : Amtrak 566 with F59PHI #456 & CabCar #6900.
Train 2 : Amtrak 567 with CabCar #6908 & F59PHI #459. Seems like the engineer on Amtrak 567 is always camera shy.
Train 3 : Metrolink #660 with F59PH #856 & CabCar #646. Friendly conductor on Metrolink #660.
Train 4 : Amtrak 769 with CabCar #6906 & F59PHI #464.
Train 5 : Metrolink #859 with CabCar #667 & MP36PH-3C #902. Friendly crew on Metrolink #859. Engineer gives some short blasts of the K2 along with a cool conductor.
Train 6 : Amtrak 768 with F59PHI #463 & CabCar #6903. Some odd, loud sound coming from the locomotive. Not sure if it's an engine problem or if it is the air dryer kicking on and off.
Train 7 : Metrolink #663 with CabCar #646 & F59PH #856.
Train 8 : Metrolink #662 with MP36PH-3C #888 & CabCar #662. This train had some really loud brakes as it came to a stop.
Train 9 : Amtrak 573 with CabCar #6905 & F59PHI #452.
Train 10 : Amtrak 572 with P42DC #159 & NPCU #90230. Pretty neat looking private rail cars on the rear of this train. Also appears that NPCU #90230 has baggage doors on the side now.
Thanks for Watching !