Coaster

Company History: San Diego, California’s Coaster commuter rail operation was launched in 1995 to provide service from San Diego Union Station as far north as Oceanside, 41 miles away. The SDNX fleet included five F40PHM-2C’s and two F59PHI’s but Coaster replaced these with a fleet of nine SC-44 Chargers built by Siemens between 2018 and 2021. The active car fleet as of this writing includes 30 Bombardier-built coaches. They typically run at least 20 trains per day, Monday through Friday. Special trains run for San Diego Padres home games.

Brief History: The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.