Southern Pacific Cab Ride on the Coastline!

[@anthonygermano9363]

Man O Man, The Good Out Days. Espee was still with us and No God Damn Graffiti!!!!!

[@marvwatkins7029]

Actually, if you look closely, several cars do have graffiti.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Those were the days when the Espee was still with us we agree!

[@satchuck]

Chorro is very timely for today's weather!

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Agreed, what a Winter we have been having! Looks like more rain on the way tomorrow April 13th!

[@J3scribe]

That's quite a stretch of railroad over the Santa Lucia Range on Cuesta grade. I rode the Starlight northbound over it, the view is stunningly beautiful.

[@averageguy7136]

Great video. At 9:30 it sounds like the coast line was jointed rail back then

[@O-PAC]

28:06 the gyralight is moving but the light isn’t working. Never seen that before. Also glad to see those 38s still had their L windows

[@bigd510]

On the passing siding at Surf the north end has a spring switch similar to the one at 22:13 , just before going over the Santa Ynez river bridge. I did just what you said and stayed in Lompoc over night and photographed a lot around Surf, catching an Amtrak meet at Surf. I wasn't there on the right day to catch them street running. I think they now do it once a week on Thursdays. Thanks for the great videos.

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Thanks bigd510 sounds like you had a great trip to Surf! Yeah the local runs usually on Thursdays around 9-11 at the junction and street running as well. If you get a chance again it is worth the trip.

[@ethanjackson8894]

That is the conductor... not a second engineer 😂

[@dinopulizzi8481]

I Like !

[@zsoren42]

So if they shoved out of the siding so the Conductor didn't have to walk, whos protecting it? Or does the dispatcher give permission for a back up move one train length

[@TigerDominic-uh1dv]

Great Video 😊

[@charlessmileyvideos]

Thanks for supporting our channel Tiger we appreciate it!

[@gmck91204]

Nice video Charles, per usual. The Cuesta Grade is always one my favorite scenic areas whenever I ride the Coast “Starlight” (shouldn’t it actually be called the “Coast Daylight”, since all of its coastal exposure occurs during the daytime?).

[@gmck91204]

(Like it was pre-Amtrak)

[@mikehawk2003]

Amtrak ran a daytime Coast Daylight until 1972. Its referred to as the Coast Starlight as the current train is the sleeper version that runs through most of the Cascades in darkness.

[@dafrog55]

How many freight trains a day used this line in 1995/6? Also any idea what symbols they were?

[@barbarakilpatrick3859]

Charles is macys hillsdale san mateo ca 94403 smiley is hatred by willy torres safeway 2004…😷👽

[@marvwatkins7029]

Great old vid but some place name mispronounciations.