{"id":16399,"date":"2016-08-09T10:00:25","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T14:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16399"},"modified":"2016-08-09T09:55:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:55:58","slug":"taking-a-spin-on-los-angeles-area-metrolink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/taking-a-spin-on-los-angeles-area-metrolink\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking a Spin on Los Angeles-area Metrolink."},"content":{"rendered":"

Metrolink is nearly a quarter century old, having commenced operations in 1992.<\/p>\n

Over the last couple of weeks I\u2019ve enjoyed traveling and photographing the Los Angeles-area Metrolink. The comfortable coaches, variety of locomotives, and interesting route structure makes it one of the more interesting suburban railways in the United States.<\/p>\n

\"Interior
Interior view of a Rotem double deck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to lines focused on Los Angeles Union Station are several non-radial routes\/services, which makes Metrolink unusual among American commuter lines.<\/p>\n

All trains are diesel powered with double-deck cars. The newer Rotem-built cars are my favorite to travel in.<\/p>\n

\"Detail
Detail of a Rotem-built double deck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Using my Lumix LX7 (and other cameras), I\u2019ve made dozens of images from the train, as well as interior views of the equipment, and of course views of the trains and stations.<\/p>\n

\"One
One of the older cars.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rotem
Rotem double-deck detail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rolling
Rolling along through suburban LA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Passengers
Passengers board a morning train.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rolling
Rolling toward Los Angeles Union Station behind a BNSF AC4400CW.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Paused
Paused at Riverside.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"BNSF
BNSF local freight at San Bernardino.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Ticket
Ticket to ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Metrolink is nearly a quarter century old, having commenced operations in 1992. Over the last couple of weeks I\u2019ve enjoyed traveling and photographing the Los Angeles-area Metrolink. The comfortable coaches, variety of locomotives, and interesting route structure makes it one of the more interesting suburban railways in the United States. In addition to lines focused … Continue reading Taking a Spin on Los Angeles-area Metrolink.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[3786,820,3740,750,749],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Metrolink_View_from_train_P1500634.jpg?fit=2448%2C1634","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4gv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16399"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16399"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16421,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16399\/revisions\/16421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}