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All
aboard! The train's
a comin'!
This locomotive will be pulling a full section of Amtrak passenger cars and one historic heritage dome car from Los Angeles Union Station at 7:45am, arriving at San Diego 's Old Town at 11:30 am. The return trip will depart Old Town at 2:30pm and arrive LA at 6:30pm. Tickets may still be available to ride in the passenger cars; however, the dome car sold out in a very short time. This is quite typical of steam train excursions these days with nostalgic old-timers, who remember the glory days of steam trains, and with train spotters of all ages. We can expect the railroad right-of-way and bridges to be very cluttered with sightseers and photographers. If
you would like to witness
the return of this special
Del Mar visitor, join
the Del Mar Historical
Society at a gathering
from 2-4pm on the outside
patio of The Brigantine
restaurant. For more
information please visit
our website
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On
Sunday, June 1, Del
Mar will have a very
special visitor, one
that has not been to
Del Mar since August
1953. This visitor is
the last steam locomotive
to pull a Santa Fe passenger
train to stop at the
old Del Mar station.
The locomotive is the
ex-Santa Fe Northern-type
(4-8-4), number 3751
built in 1927 by Baldwin
Locomotive Works and
now owned by the San
Bernardino Railroad
Historical Society.
Two obvious characteristics
of this locomotive are
its brass bell mounted
over the head lamp and
its huge (80” diameter)
drive wheels.