Metrolink in the June Gloom
On the second day of June 2019, Metrolink F125 916 leads test train #501X past signal 1081 in La Verne, CA. This is on the Pasadena Sub, the former Santa Fe Second District. Normally only traversed by the BNSF Pasadena Local, M-F, the test train was checking out new signal/grade crossing protection circuits. Starting early in 2020, construction will start on the Covina-Pomona extension of the Gold line, which will utilize this right of way. When completed,expected sometime in 2026, there will be three new tracks here, two under wires, and this "old time feel" former mainline will be but a memory.
Metrolink in the June Gloom
On the second day of June 2019, Metrolink F125 916 leads test train #501X past signal 1081 in La Verne, CA. This is on the Pasadena Sub, the former Santa Fe Second District. Normally only traversed by the BNSF Pasadena Local, M-F, the test train was checking out new signal/grade crossing protection circuits. Starting early in 2020, construction will start on the Covina-Pomona extension of the Gold line, which will utilize this right of way. When completed,expected sometime in 2026, there will be three new tracks here, two under wires, and this "old time feel" former mainline will be but a memory.