Following a 'mainline-plug,' which I quickly learned meant the honey bucket truck pulled alongside the train, Amtrak 11 finds itself parked in the Oakland yard to have the issue addressed. Meanwhile, at the rear of the train, the private cars "Overland Trail" and "Pacific Trail" are tacked onto the rear for their trip home to Los Angeles following an eventful season with the Reno Fun Train. As all this action takes place to the right, a San Joaquin train-set is readied inside S&I while Amtrak 529 cruises toward its final destination of Jack London Square.
From one train each way in 1973 between Bakersfield and Oakland when it started up, this line as expanded to six trips daily; four to Oakland and two to Sacramento.
