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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

postheadericon Tioga Pass Trip : Ride from Los Angeles to Fullerton HD

Tioga Pass Trip : Ride from Los Angeles to Fullerton HD Tube. Duration : 32.30 Mins.


Watch in High Definition! Here's the first part of the ride on the Tioga Pass Private Rail car coupled to Train 572. For those who haven't seen the preview or forgot, here's a refresher: The Tioga Pass is a Private Rail Car based out of Los Angeles and owned by Norm Orfall, who runs the car on Amtrak trains (particularly to San Diego) multiple times a month. On this particular trip, Bill, the owner of another private rail car, the Overland Trail, had a chartered party riding from Santa Ana and San Juan Capistrano to San Diego and back. Bill is quite a character and wears a full conductor's uniform on all of his charters. The Overland Trail is a lounge car and has a large open seating area, a bar, and a barber shop. However, the Overland Trail does not have a vestibule and side doors. Since it is a single level car, it also can't be reached from the bi-level Surfliner cars. So, if order to bard the car, it needs another car that has a vestibule and side doors to accompany it. Bill asked Norm if the Tioga Pass could be used as a companion car on that trip to San Diego and back. Norm agreed, and because Bill was giving him compensation for the cost of the trip, he decided to make the Tioga Pass available for passengers on that particular trip for a lower than usual price. The Tioga Pass is a business car built by Canadian National in 1959. It includes a kitchen, 4 bedrooms, a dining area, a toilet and shower room, a smaller toilet room, the large observation and lounge room ...

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