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Originally Posted by Wig-Wag
As a kid I had loved those race track specials. Attached is a personal reminiscence of my experiences with those trains written for a railfan publication. Also, Today Amtrak runs to to the races at Del Mar but unloads it's patrons at Solana Beach and shuttles them by bus to the track.
Cheers,
Jack
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My aunt took myself and siblings by train from Los Angeles to San Diego to visit some of her friends. I do recall that the passenger cars reeked of cigar smoke.
By the time I rode them in the mid 1950s they were beyond worn out. To me they seemed just plain nasty.
This is the family we visited, their secretary, my grandmother, Dr. Newton, Gil, Dana and their mother. The middle boy Dana took charge of my brother and I for the day. He got his rifle and
we shot up some tin cans in their 3 acre backyard. [This photo was taken about 5 years before our visit.]
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