Photos from the NARP (National Association of Rail Passengers) Region 12 Meeting held in Riverside, California on Saturday, March 20, 1999. A number of attendees arrived by the Saturday Metrolink train from Los Angeles to Riverside by way of San Bernardino. The highlight of the meeting was a tour of the Amtrak Riverside 1-800-USA-RAIL Reservation Center. That was followed by a meeting at The Old Spaghetti Factory in Riverside and then departure back to Los Angeles from the Riverside Metrolink Station.

Since no trains leave from Fullerton, California early enough on Saturday to connect with the Metrolink train from Los Angeles, Ray Burns and I had to drive to Riverside. After the meeting, we visited the Mission Inn and took a few photographs at the Inn.

This page is a "sneak preview". If you were at the meeting and would like to submit a write-up about the Amtrak Riverside Reservation Center or about the NARP meeting, I will be more than happy to post it here and will provide credit. A description of the trip out or back on Metrolink would also be welcome since Ray and I were not able to make that trip. Just send e-mail to steve@trainweb.com.

I will be leaving on Sunday evening, March 21, 1999, on a rail trip and won't be returning until Monday morning, March 29, 1999. If I haven't received any e-mail about the above event by then, I'll post additional information about the Amtrak Reservation Center and the names of some of the people in the photos below. I didn't get a chance to take notes during the tour, so if any of you had a chance to jot down some of the information provided by Amtrak or at the NARP meeting, I'd greatly appreciate receiving a copy along with permission to post that information here!

Click on any photo below to view a larger image:

• Photo Set #1: Arrival via Metrolink and start of tour.
• Photo Set #2: Tour of Amtrak Reservation Center.
• Photo Set #3: Tour of Amtrak Reservation Center.
• Photo Set #4: Tour & Departure from Reservation Center.
• Photo Set #5: NARP Meeting at Old Spaghetti Factory.
• Photo Set #6: NARP Meeting, Metrolink Station, Mission Inn.
• Photo Set #7: Riverside Metrolink Station.

Video Clips:

• Video Clip #1: A Reservation Desk at the center.
• Video Clip #2: Overhead Information Sign at the center.
• Video Clip #3: Metrolink leaving Riverside Station.
• Video Clip #4: Metrolink leaving Riverside Station.
• Video Clip #5: Metrolink leaving Riverside Station.

The following were suppose to be still photos, but having the camera in the wrong mode, they ended up as video clips. These may or may not be worth your while to download:

• Video Clip #1: Riding the school bus from the Metrolink Station.
• Video Clip #2: Arriving at the Amtrak Riverside Reservation Center.
• Video Clip #3: Walking through the Amtrak Riverside Reservation Center.
• Video Clip #4: Reservation Training Classroom.
• Video Clip #5: Reservation Center Overview.