East coast commuters see buildings and slums on their commuter trains. On the west coast, they get this view.

Southbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner #566 slows for an on-time stop at the San Clemente Pier on a beautiful Southern California Saturday morning.

A southbound Pacific Surfliner heads along the Pacific Coast Highway, bypassing multi-million dollar beachfront homes and the picturesque Left Coast along the way.

Skirting along the Pacific Ocean, an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train heads south towards San Diego.

The Pacific Surfliner experiences some of it's ocean front running here at San Clemente. In the background it has just left the San Clemente pier and is heading south to San Diego.

Who would want to live anywhere else? ... expect maybe Pittsburgh :)

Northbound thru San Clemente

Santa Fe 3751 runs along side the Pacific Ocean with it's NB special. The tracks run along side the San Clemente State beach.

Beach-goers barely notice the Surfliner as it slows for the station stop in San Clemente on a perfect spring evening.

AMTK 454 leads a Pacific Surfliner train with a low level set of car northbound as the train crosses the trestles at Trestles Beach.

Surf's up!

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