Pacific Surfliner bypass of LA Union Station - "Rare Mileage" Part 2 -Maps

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Open Railway Map showing the entire detour. Blue highlight is the normal routing for Amtrak and Metrolink. Pink highlight is the detour route for the Pacific Surfliner.
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Open Railway Map showing the main part of the detour onto UP and Alameda Corridor.
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Track diagram from the Union Pacific Los Angeles Area Timetable No. 5 showing the main part of the detour. Blue is the normal routing; pink the detour routing.
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River Subdivision - Metrolink Timetable #12.
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GPS track from my Garmin GPSMAP64ST overlaid on a satellite view.
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My train, Pacific Surfliner #770 in Fullerton. We were one hour late arrving Fullerton; 24 minutes late arriving Chatsworth on #777.
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On the diagrams you show the Alameda Corridor. Are there any Metrolink trains that use that route? I thought it only went to the Port of LA.

Edit: After reading part 1 again, I see the Alameda Corridor is just used for a short distance to do a reverse move to or from Fullerton.
 
On the diagrams you show the Alameda Corridor. Are there any Metrolink trains that use that route? I thought it only went to the Port of LA.

Edit: After reading part 1 again, I see the Alameda Corridor is just used for a short distance to do a reverse move to or from Fullerton.
Yes, that is correct. The Union Pacific qualified crew (pilot) was required for us to use the Alameda Corridor.
 
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