Texas Eagle Discussion 2025

[drcool]

The train between San Antonio and Los Angeles only runs 3 days a week. It is the Sunset Limited (#1). The Texas Eagle has 2 cars, a coach & a sleeper, that come off train #21 in San Antonio and is attached to the back of the Sunset Limited (#1) on those days the Sunset Limited runs. Those 2 cars show as train #421 on the booking page.
It is mostly, if not entirely, desert scenery between San Antonio & Los Angeles.

The Seattle to Los Angeles train, the Coast Starlight (#11) runs through mountains and along the coast.

It depends on what you want to see.

Thank you for your response. I think we would rather see the mountains and along the coast rather than desert. Do we need to take two trains, firstly the Coast Starlight and then get off at San Luis Obispo and catch that train all the way down to San Diego? Are there train travel agents that take care of all your bookings and arrangements with train travel? I'd hate to stuff it up and miss our flight. Thanks again.

 

[AmtrakBlue]

Thank you for your response. I think we would rather see the mountains and along the coast rather than desert. Do we need to take two trains, firstly the Coast Starlight and then get off at San Luis Obispo and catch that train all the way down to San Diego? Are there train travel agents that take care of all your bookings and arrangements with train travel? I'd hate to stuff it up and miss our flight. Thanks again.

I'll let the west coast guys & gals answer the question about connection to get to San Diego. I'm on the east coast and have done the Coast Starlight, but have not yet gone to San Diego.