Detouring Amtrak Trains & More from Los Angeles, CA

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For several days after the Christmas holiday, Metrolink shut down their West Bank line for all trains in and out of Los Angeles's busy Union Station to do much needed signal upgrades and other MOW rail improvements. Amtrak still ran many of their trains, all the 700 series Surfliners, Coast Starlight, and Sunset Limited ran via the East Bank line on the River Sub which is definitely out of the norm. This detour bypassed Union Station all together... buses were acquired to transport passengers originally boarding in LA to other stations such as Glendale, Van Nuys, Ontario, and Fullerton to catch their train.
The trains would run with a "pilot" crew for the uncharted territory the regular crew was not qualified to run over. I caught some of the crew swaps in the video.
After catching the rare Amtrak detour moves I decided to spend the rest of the day in LA getting some more train footage. Information listed in the timeline below...
0:00 Amtrak 770 arrives at Main St for a crew swap
1:13 Pilot Crew takes over train
2:40 Amtrak 765 detouring at Redondo
4:00 Coast Starlight #14 crew swap at Main St
5:15 Coast Starlight #14 road crew takes over
7:28 UP 6421 heads to the Alameda Corridor with Jingle Bells
9:24 UP light engine shove at Redondo
11:00 Amtrak 769 entering East Bank Line at Redondo
12:16 Amtrak 774 entering Alameda Corridor Sub to Wye
13:40 Amtrak 774 at San Pedro Jct
14:06 Commerce
14:34 Amtrak 573 with 6905 Leading
14:55 BNSF 5001 leads XU AXTWAT7 24A
16:25 Z LACALT5 28A departs Hobart Yard
18:13 BNSF 7707 leads XH BARWAT1 28A past Commerce
20:30 NS 1220 close behind leading Z NYCLAC4 24A
21:09 BNSF 7707 at Hobart with funky K5HLB horn
21:54 UP 8004 West in Montebello
23:04 UP 7881 leads the Hauler past the Oroweat bread factory
24:50 Great K3LA on UP 7130 leading the Rock Train
25:40 Southwest Chief #4 deadheading thru Los Nietos
26:25 Southwest Chief #4 departs Fullerton with Horn Show
27:30 S LPCSCO1 23L in Fullerton heading to Thenard
Thanks for Watching!
AmtrakCal462

[@lizggil123]

I swear something about those k5las on the cab cars sounds even better than a normal k5la

[@railfanryan]

It’s either the way it’s mounted or just the horn but the surfliner cab cars are incredibly unique

[@basictransportenthusiast4386]

6908 in particular has one of Amtrak’s best K5LAs system wide

[@LRF_101]

All of them going through Redondo Junction crossing

[@_that_native_artist_boy_]

It’s really rare to see it this way and I like it a lot!

[@Thomas1980]

Super great Video, thanks for sharing 👍
Thumbs U and Best Greetings...Thomas😊

[@hypnoticz9]

LA City anthem: Police sirens and Helicopters 😅

[@northerncalirails2008]

Awesome video!

[@jjxtwo1]

Thanks for posting this video. Rare trains.

[@gnnascarfan2410]

Reminds me of when I was on a cruise ship and they announced a "local pilot" would come aboard to assist the regular crew not familiar with the port.
This is essentially the railway version of that!

[@EntertainmentWorldz]

Very nice video ❤ big fan

[@What_If_We_Tried]

Fantastic video location, and just what I needed as I am planing to make an HO scale layout of the Greater LA / SoCal area. * subscribed *

[@AhmearClayIombo-dj6di]

Nice Train Catches

[@sergey_Berezkin]

Nice! Greeting from Russia 🙃

[@CH_343]

Now THIS is interesting stuff! I always found reroutes to be unique especially with Amtrak they look odd running on particular routes you’re not used to seeing them on and those cab car K5’s slap! I love that Surfliner takes very good care of their horns and keep them sounding at there best!

[@ChachaChapati]

Good footage--I am surprised that the bridge past LATC at CP Yuma doesn't directly connect to the "east bank" line, as it is SCRRA trackage.

[@Amtrakker]

It does

[@timeforbeans]

Very Cool! Nice work my friend, I enjoyed this. Also I just SUB 👍

[@fuzzynthings168]

Hey I saw that Z NYCLAC in Cajon pass and have some photos of it too

[@blose774]

Nice Video and Happy New Year also!

[@kenbrashear210]

Thanks.

[@redfoxblacksocks]

I thought, maybe because the Surfliners were bypassing LAUPT, that they weren't getting wyed like usual, and we'd get to see some of them in push mode away from Los Angeles, like they did in the old San Diegan and early Surfliner days.
But I guess the operation near Washington Blvd has them reverse direction, which effectively wyes them.

[@JacobLovesBNSF]

I miss F59PHI😢😢

[@northerncalirails2008]

Me too bro

[@railfanryan]

Nice video

[@jasonsingasong]

Did they store coast starlight trains around the yards there then? Since their temporary terminus was Van Nuys for the 4 days

[@AmtrakandAWVRFan]

The Coast Starlight was stored at 8th Street yard as normal, nothing too out of the ordinary in terms of storage

[@tyrese3745]

2:59 What street is this?

[@LRF_101]

Perrino Pl Los Angeles, CA

[@tyrese3745]

@@LRF_101 Thanks!

[@GoogsMindbent]

nice catches and locatons! where is that station @15:00? i'd like to look at the area on google earth lol 😃thats the kind of spot that if i could i would park my truck and camper there for DAYS watching trains! 😆

[@AmtrakandAWVRFan]

Commerce, CA

[@mxderate]

Commerce Metrolink OC Line Station (BNSF Mainline). Just north of it is Montebello Riverside Line Station (UP Mainline)

[@ethancampbell6076]

Woah x2 ex Capitol Corridor coaches 3:30