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The Central Coast Railway Club
and
The Pacific Locomotive Association
Present the:

The 3751 Returns To San Diego

On Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

This will be a fun filled historic train trip behind the magnificant ex-Santa Fe 3751 steam locomotive round trip from Los Angeles Union Station to San Diego with an intermediate stop at Fullerton.

This trip features:

• Historic dome cars to experience the romance and joy of riding surrounded by glass.
• Historic private baggage car with the large open doors that enable you to enjoy wonderful sounds of the steam locomotive.
• The steam locomotive that pulled the last scheduled steam passenger train between Los Angeles and San Diego in 1953.
• Beautiful ocean views from the train.
• Free time in downtown San Diego for lunch, sightseeing, and admiring the locomotive.
• The train will leave Los Angeles Union Station at approximately 7:45 AM (exact time will be on the tickets) with a planned

The train will leave Los Angeles Union Station at approximately 7:45 AM (exact time will be on the tickets) with a planned Noon arrival in downtown San Diego. The return trip will leave downtown San Diego at approximately 5:25 PM with a planned 9:15 PM arrival back at Los Angeles Union Station.

We are offering three types of tickets. An Adult ticket in a standard seat, a Child ticket in a standard seat, and a Dome ticket with a seat upstairs in a historic heritage dome car.

Ticket Price List:

Adult ticket - $169
Child ticket (13 and under) - $99
Dome ticket - $269

Tickets available online at our Web Store or by filling out the Ticket Order Form and mailing it to:

San Diego Steam Special
Central Coast Railway Club
P.O. Box 434
Santa Clara, CA 95052-0434

No Refunds after April 3, 2009

Also Available: Ride from Los Angeles to Oakland or San Jose on the Silver Lariat private dome/coach attached to the Coast Starlight, on Monday May 4.

Fares: Coach $99.00, dome $209.00. Includes light lunch and dinner. Tickets available online at our Web Store.

(video clip courtesy of Daylight Productions)

Read this release: by purchasing this ticket you are waving significant legal rights.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PASSENGERS

Financial Information: The San Diego Steam Special is sponsored by the Central Coast Railway Club and the Pacific Locomotive Association, 501[c][3] nonprofit historical associations. We are responsible for the financial success of the trip. All trip planning, reservations and ticketing, and on-train passenger support operations are performed by unpaid volunteers. All money collected from ticket purchases is put in a special bank account separate from the operating accounts for the two organizations.

Special excursion trains such as the San Diego Steam Special involve added risks because of photo-run-bys near tracks with passing high-speed trains, open doors on some railroad cars and the large number of passengers on the train. In accepting a ticket for passage on the San Diego Steam Special, each passenger recognizes and assumes all risks involved in participation as a passenger on the train.

Each passenger excuses and agrees to hold harmless the Central Coast Railway Club and the Pacific Locomotive Association all 501[c][3] non-profit historical associations, their members and officers [trip sponsors] as well as the San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (also a 501[c][3] not-for-profit historical association), the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), The San Diego Northern Railway, North County Transit District, and the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) and their employees and officers as well as the owners, officers and attendants of the private railroad cars Pony Express, Silver Lariat, Silver Solarium and any other private railroad cars in the San Diego Steam Special consist from any and all liability of whatsoever character for any and all personal injuries and all damages resulting there from and any loss of or damages to property that may be sustained by the passenger while on or about trains, tracks or other railroad premises pursuant to acceptance of risks, no matter how said injuries or damage may arise and whether said injuries result in death or otherwise, regardless of whether the trip sponsors, railroads or private car operators conduct, whether negligent or grossly negligent caused or contributed to the said injuries, death or damage.

Passengers also accept and assume any and all responsibility for any loss, damage, injury or death regardless of cause while off the train at any time during the excursion and agree to hold harmless the trip sponsors if such circumstances occur.

The dome cars are heritage cars and do not have access to the dome area for the physically challenged. The CCRC and PLA reserve the right to substitute cars in case cars specified in this flyer unexpectedly become unavailable.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this flyer, in the event CCRC and PLA, or any train operator cancels the trip, CCRC and PLA shall not be responsible to pay to passengers any sums in excess of the cost of the train trip described in the flyer.

Questions? Contact us at: info@CentralCoastNRHS.com

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Photo Album of the 2006 Feather River Express

If you have any pictures of this trip you would like to share, please contact us!

To see the Web Page for this trip, click here: FRE2006

This page last updated on 3/3/2009.