It would bewilder some to see a San Joaquin train traveling through the Los Angeles Basin, however don't be fooled. Due to the mudslides in Montecito, the US 101 connecting Santa Barbara and Los Angeles has been shut down for at least a week. Citizens on either side of the slides are landlocked from each other, and Amtrak is the only efficient ground route between the two. For that, extra AmCal equipment has been utilized to accommodate the huge spike in demand for rail travel.
