| DEL MAR TRAIN STATION, 1910
-- The station's still there and the trains
are still running, but they don't stop in Del
Mar anymore. Some folks blame in on the
"People's Republic of Del Mar" plannning
commission who allegedly voted to have the
trains bypass Del Mar and stop in Solana Beach
-- a lovely station in its own right, but not
yet historical. (Photo courtesy of the San
Diego Historical Society)
The
shot of the Del Mar train station really
brought back some memories for me. When I
was in Second Grade (I think - like 1950) at
Ol' Andy Jackson Elementary School we took a
field trip on the train that went from San
Diego to Los Angeles and got off at the Del
Mar station. We ate our lunch on the beach
and caught the return train back to San
Diego. I remember we were all bummed out
because our train was pulled by one of those
old puffy steam engines instead of the brand
new Santa Fe Super Chief diesels --
Jerry Ellis '61
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