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

[TinCan782]

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.

Open Railway Map showing the main part of the detour onto UP and Alameda Corridor.


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.


River Subdivision - Metrolink Timetable #12.


GPS track from my Garmin GPSMAP64ST overlaid on a satellite view.


My train, Pacific Surfliner #770 in Fullerton. We were one hour late arrving Fullerton; 24 minutes late arriving Chatsworth on #777.

 

[Septa9739]

Thank you for the great report.

Totally Unrelated, but those SC-44‘s look sharp in the surfliner livery.

 

[chadamfleetrailfan]

I remember from a post a while back that you went to Fullerton for some railfanning? Great place to do that. I always see a lot of railfans there on the live railcam from that location. Great to a lot of west coast Amtrak action there!

That's a great shot of your train as well!

 

[Cal]

Took a trip on the Surfliner on Wednesday. The detour was cool.

 

[BlackDiamond]

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.

 

[TinCan782]

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.