seventh on October 26, 1980. Between April 29, 1984 and April 28, 1985 Amtrak experimented with an express service between Los Angeles and San Diego. This was targeted at business customers and made fewer stops than the regular San Diegan trains. Dubbed Metroliner after the high-speed service on the Northeast Corridor, it was unpopular and suffered from low ridership. After its discontinuance Amtrak restored the seventh San Diegan and introduced Custom class on the route. June 26, 1988: One round trip per day is extended north to Santa Barbara. 1995: One round trip extends as far north as San Luis Obispo. July, 1996: The IC3 Flexliner is put into two-week trial service during the height of the Del Mar horse racing season. November 1998: An eleventh daily round trip is added. June 1, 2000: The train is renamed the Pacific Surfliner, with eleven round trips from San Diego to Los Angeles. Five continue to Santa Barbara, and two continue to San Luis Obispo. Equipment used The original San Diegan consist included a baggage car, two coaches (60 seats each), a lunch counter-tavern car, and a parlor-observation car. Motive power consisted of a single EMC E1A locomotive sporting the familiar Warbonnet paint scheme. These units would, in time, be replaced by ALCO PA and PB power and EMD F3 and F7 locomotives. Santa Fe's lone trio of Fairbanks-Morse (FM) "Erie-built" locomotives and the odd GE U28CG could also be seen occasionally running the line. A lone pair of 90-seat self-powered Budd Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs) were acquired for express service. They operated "back-to-back" as a single train unit from May 21, 1952 until the Redondo Junction derailment on January 22, 1956. Three additional coach units were added for weekend traffic. The San Diegan also enjoyed almost exclusive use of Santa Fe's "pendulum-suspension" chair car, No. 1100, after World War II. In June 1941, the railroad added a second eight-car trainset, also built by Budd, to handle the high demand. Its original consist was similar to the above save for an additional coach. Subsequent consists varied according to traffic levels. A representative, all-lightweight consist from the Summer of 1955: Baggage-Mail car RPO-Baggage car "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) Bar-Lounge-"Chair" car (#1398-#1399 assigned) "Chair" car / Coach (52 seats) "Chair" car / Coach (52