AMTK 451 leads the sole lower-level set on the Pacific Surfliner rotation out of Del Mar and toward its final destination of San Diego on a cool, winter's morning along the train's namesake line.

Hustling past the 107-year-old Del Mar depot, Amtrak 1566 approaches the sweeping curve that will rejoin it with the Pacific Ocean for a few miles before finally breaking off for the trip inland t... (more)