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Amtrak Coast Starlight headed up Cuesta Pass north of San Luis Obispo, a beautiful sunset, and the California Men’s Colony (I feel like if you’re a guy and you have to go to prison this would be at least a pretty location).
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I will now post one million pictures of the Pacific Ocean because it’s very pretty.
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so much citrus growing along the route today; I wish I could have an orange and a lemon tree on my tiny apartment back porch. 
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We’re so late we made a stop in Camarillo to meet another train. This is not a stop on the Coast Starlight route. Too bad we don’t have time, there are some interesting looking food trucks next to it.
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3 1/2 hours late leaving the departure station. But there’s water in the LA River!
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Heading home, train is again delayed at departure but it’s a lovely day to sit and wait.
I just posted this at work and it seems like not everyone knows this.
You can take the Amtrak Coast Starlight from Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose or LA in the other direction, to the Monterey Bay aquarium. On Amtrak.com, simply put Monterey Bay Aquarium as your destination and when you arrive in Salinas station at 12:20pm (daily), there will be a bus that waits for you and picks you up to send you to the doors of the Aquarium by 1:30pm (usually takes just 20min)
For a true car-free experience, book a hotel room in New Monterey near the Aquarium, like the Clement Intercontinental, Monterey Plaza, or Wave Street Inn or anything on that side of the tunnel (including Pacific Grove). You can walk / bike the coastal trail.
Rent a bike from Work Horse bicycles downtown.
If you bring your own bike on the train (check in without boxing!) you can put it on MST city bus no 20, the bus station is 5 min ride away. Wait at and have a taco at Tacos Don Beto next door. There is a small outdoor area for Covid cautious folks.
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@swanksalot @skyfaller Give it a try, you'll likely love it. I ride Empire Builder between Chicago and St. Paul regularly, and I've done the overnight trip from Chicago to Albuquerque. It's a very relaxing way to travel.
You might find this video informative.
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grateful I’m the kind of person who is perfectly happy sitting on a train looking out the window for twice as long as any other form of transportation would take to get between SF and LA.
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hard to capture from the train but there’s a lot blooming around the state today, very pretty to see.
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@shansterable #Amtrak Amtrak was running modern Talgo trains. Politicians questioned why FRA had given expemption to allow modern trains to run in USA and after the derailment (where the train remained intact despite falling off bridge) it was decided Amtrak had to widthdrw the Talgos, and all Amtrak had left were some commuter cars (Horizons are commuter Comet cars built for Amtrak).
The entire Pacific Northwest region of the US essentially has no train service indefinitely.
"Amtrak determined its fleet of Horizon trainsets had to be parked immediately due to concerns about corrosion in the aging equipment.
The decision left only one trainset in service on the route that serves 18 stations between Eugene, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia."
www.cascadiadaily.com · Amtrak Cascades riders shuttled onto buses after trains grounded suddenly | Cascadia Daily NewsTrainsets from national fleet will be redistributed to meet demand on Cascades route