Those were the days, George. Rode my bike from E.T. to Valencia many times, back when it was nothing but tomato fields between the two. Paused at the end of the marine base runway to watch a Phantom or two fly overhead on landing. Remember that cool country store right near the crossing? My son recently downloaded the new, improved version of the Surfliner route for MS Train Simulator. I've had to show him photos of what things looked like before urban sprawl totally took over, when Orange County was still home to numerous orange groves. I was born in Montana and lived briefly in Spokane before we moved to SoCal. Got down there just in time to see Es and Fs replaced by SDP40Fs on San Diegans, but left there too soon to have enjoyed any of those 3751 trips put on by Hal Lewis & Co.