SANTA FE 3751 STEAM EXCURSION
LOS ANGELES TO SAN DIEGO
OCTOBER 1, 2016
CANCELLED
BUT THERE IS ALSO SOME GOOD NEWS

On Saturday May 21, 2016 The Central Coast Railroad
Club excursion committee met in the Bay Area to
discuss the ATSF 3751 excursion to San Diego. Chris
Skow , owner of Trains & Travel International is a member
of this club and is on the excursion committee.

***NO MORE STEAM ON ANY BNSF LINES***

At the meeting we were all surprised to learn that BNSF
has just made a major policy change regarding excursion
trains. "NO STEAM ON BNSF" This is a major shift
in their operating policies. This puts a real damper on any
future operations. On the San Diego trip we would have
traveled on the San Diego Northern rails but would have
had to turn the engine on BNSF tracks.

Meanwhile I made several future excursion proposal ideas
at this meeting for the next couple of years using the 3751
and traveling on some rear mileage. All of these proposals
will ensure the operation of excursion trains with steam out
of Los Angeles for a few more years.

OCTOBER 1, 2016 STEAM TO PALMDALE

One of my proposals was to run our charter steam excursion
Los Angeles to Palmdale and return. The committee liked this
proposal and we are now moving forward to receive the
needed approval from Metrolink, as they own the former
Southern Pacific line through Soledad Canyon and on to
Palmdale. We are even going to be requesting a couple of
photo run-bys in the Soledad Canyon area.