Railfanning Sun Valley - 1/18/19

In continuation and building off of my recent railfanning series of videos along Metrolink’s Antelope Valley Line, I decided to make another trip back out along the line and get some more stations filmed. In light of this trip, although there were some time constraints, I figured it would be worth maximizing my time, so I decided to attempt to film at five stations all in one day, the most I’ve ever attempted in a given day. Luckily, the Antelope Valley Line sees a sufficient amount of commuter and freight trains throughout any typical weekday, thus providing for ample coverage of the line, even within one day. As a result, I would conclusively railfan at the Sun Valley, Sylmar / San Fernando, Newhall, Santa Clarita, and Via Princessa Metrolink stations in that particular order. Anyhow, after staying the night in Burbank, I made my way over early on this Friday morning to my first stop at the Sun Valley Metrolink station. Although there's not much to this station due to the fact that it mainly serves as an intermediate stop, the adjacent pedestrian crossing, train, and horn action was good given the short time I was here. After railfanning here, I made my way up the line to my next stop at the Sylmar / San Fernando Metrolink Station.
Train 1 : Metrolink #201 with F59PHI #884 & CabCar #658. Just at the break of dawn, the first northbound Metrolink on the Antelope Valley line appears for its station stop at Sun Valley.
Train 2 : Metrolink #204 with CabCar #693 & MP36PH-3C #888. Immediately after #201 enters the Sun Valley Siding, #204 appears and arrives. Friendly crew.
Train 3 : Metrolink #282 with CabCar #669 & F59PH #854. This is one of only two Express trains Metrolink operates in its entire system. The other one is #285, both of which are solely operated on the AV Line. Nice and friendly engineer on #669 !
Thanks for Watching !

[@dennisthebrony2022]

The last year of the F59s!!

[@DiamondMaster20]

A great video, Brent! Sometimes getting these commuter trains can be very rewarding. We did the same in Brampton, Ontario - catching over 20 trains in a single day. Thumbs up for a fantastic video!

[@BrentNguyen46]

DiamondMaster2.0 Thank you ! I can definitely agree with you on that !

[@willberestartingthischanne9984]

Awesome Video

[@BrentNguyen46]

Thank you !

[@metrolinkscrra4678]

To see Burbank Airport-North, Burbank-Downtown, Glendale and Los Angeles Union Station of the Antelope Valley Line.

[@HighDesertRonTrainsTrucks]

Absolutely beautiful

[@BrentNguyen46]

Ron Diczhazy Trains Thank you !

[@JustinTrackside]

Awesome video Brent. This is cool cause at the moment I’m doing a project on the antelope valley line also. I was at Sylmar station today. If you plan on going to any of these other stations soon, let me know so we can maybe meet up. Keep up the great work!

[@BrentNguyen46]

Thank you Justin ! Believe it or not, I’m actually working on my next video of the Sylmar / San Fernando Station as we speak. I have already railfanned from the Sun Valley station all the way to the Via Princessa Station, so I’m still in the process of uploading those videos. But yeah man, I’ll let you know whenever I’m back on the AV Line. It’s always a pleasure to meet fellow railfans. KZbin has disabled the private message feature though, so you can always feel free to comment on my vids as a form of communication or which other method you prefer. And will do !

[@rhettrossalbert]

Nice video!

[@BrentNguyen46]

Rhett Ross Albert Thanks !

[@uplandrailfan7307]

I know this comment might be a little late, but what was up with the train at the end? I thought all trains stoped at Sun Valley.

[@BrentNguyen46]

It’s all good. At the time of this video, Metrolink operated one weekday round trip Express train on the Antelope Valley Line. Sun Valley is one of the few stations it goes flying by.

[@joleneduquette6147]

oh yeah im into anime and trains

[@ManuelLopez-vg6sp]

The last train was a Palmdale Express train right?

[@BrentNguyen46]

Yes indeed, it is.

[@oliverjonahfusco5140]

Where is sun valley at?

[@BrentNguyen46]

Oliver Jonah Fusco It is located in the Los Angeles area, north of Burbank, south of San Fernando.