TRAINSPOTTING - SLO Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner travels from San Diego to San Luis Obispo Coast Starlight travels from Seattle to Los Angeles The 2 trains share the route between LA and SLO Click to return to Our World Tours
Our 1st Train Spotting Pacific Surfliner crosses over W. Ormonde Rd It leaves Grover Beach Station (GVB) around 2pm and follows Price Canyon out of Pismo Beach arriving 15 minutes later in San Luis Obispo (SLO)
(1) We pick up donuts @ SLODOCO in town
(2) We travel toward Edna Valley
(3) entering Price Canyon from the east
(4) Plug in <865 W. Ormonde Road> into your GPS
(5) Enjoy the drive and arrive early
to walk beside the tracks and/or check out Red-tailed Hawks and maybe a Steller's Jay?
(6) Be ready, the train speeds by!
Part 2 is a scouting expedition
(a) Stenner Creek Trestle off Stenner Creek Rd
(b) Horseshoe Curve near the California Men's Colony
(c) We'll have to return to this area outside SLO town
to find viewing areas and spot the Coast Starlight!
