San Juan Capistrano, CA
Various Locations
Sunday March 17th, 2013
I spent pretty much my whole entire St. Patrick's Day filmming trains in my FAVORITE area (Home ground) San Juan Capistrano, CA. This was the last day that trains were able to sound their horns at 5 crossing, as they are now quiet zones.
0:30 - Train #1 - (Avenida Aeropuerto crossing) Amtrak #573 with Pacific Surfliner Cabcar #6900 BLASTING it's K5LA !!! F59PHI #463 trailing.
2:06 - Train #2 - (Avenida Aeropuerto) Amtrak #572 with P42DC #10 with decent K5L action and F40PH #90208 trailing.
3:16 - Train #3 - (Del Obispo St. crossing) Amtrak #777 with Pacific Surfliner Cabcar #6906 leading with it's coned K5LA. F59PHI #451 trailing. Note: I made a mistake of shooting this on a hollow metal surface that shook the crap out of my tripod.
4:51 - Train #4 - (Del Obispo St. crossing) Amtrak #774 leaving the Depot with F59PHI #459 showing off some GREAT horn action !!
6:28 - Train #5 - (South end of the Depot looking toward Del Obispo St.) Amtrak #579 with Pacific Surfliner Cabcar #6951 leading with good horn action, and F59PHI #454 trailing.
8:51 - Train #6 - (Oso Rd. crossing) Amtrak #580 with F59PHI #460 coming in slow for some reason... Good K5LA horn action though..
9:59 - Train #7 - (Oso Rd. crossing) - Amtrak #583 with F40PH #90208 leading with it's nice sounding horn! P42DC #10 following.
11:22 - Train #8 - (Del Obispo St.) Amtrak #582 leaving the station with F59PHI #463 leading with GREAT horn action !!!, and new E Bell.
12:50 - Train #9 - (South end of the Depot looking toward Del Obispo St.) - Amtrak #785 with Pacific Surfliner Cabcar #6908 leading the way, and F59PHI #459 trailing. Note: Shooting from this location is very special to me. I've been watching trains from this spot since i was prolly about 5 years old. (Most likely the last time with train horns)
15:15 - Train #10 - (Oso Rd.) This sad sad day could not have ended any better! It's been my FAVORITE UNIT since the 90's !!! - F59PHI #455 leading the way, and FLYING through Oso Rd. with Pacific Surfliner Cabcar #6903 trailing.