Amtrak California San Joaquin

SAN JOAQUIN runs between the San Francisco Bay Area and Bakersfield, CA.

 

SAN JOAQUIN is normally 5 or 6 cars, all coach cars including one dining car and optionally a baggage car.
 

SAN JOAQUIN has two routes, i.e. San Francisco - Bakersfield and Sacramento - Bakersfield.
The following map shows the first route.

Seven operations a day as of January 2014.

Southbound train runs in push pull mode. This is the cab car.

Baggage space on the 1st floor is full.

2nd floor is for general passengers. 1st floor is only for seniors or wheel chair access people.

 

A reclining seat lever.

A conductor pastes a tag above the seat with the destination code "MCD" meaning Merced.

 

 

A dining car is in the middle of the train.

A menu on the wall.

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Merced station.

The engine is EMD F59PHI with 3,000 hp.

 

Double deck called "California car" or "Surfliner", a variation of Amtrak's Superliner.

Each seat section is equipped with 120 volts AC.

The engine end.

The cab car end. A small red flag is set.

An engineer is sitting on the right hand side.

A view from the center window of the cab car.

 

Bakersfield is a final destination.

Time - Speed graph 1
San Francisco (0h00m) to Merced (3h20m)

Time  - Speed graph 2
Merced (0h00m) to Bakersfield (2h50m).