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4/13
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Across the tracks from the Stockton Amtrak station is an old house that looks abandoned, but isn't

06250-stockton-house-800px.jpg My Amtrak bus out of San José leaves me at Stockton, where I transfer to an Amtrak train to BakersfieldThumbnailsI spend 4.5 hours on the Amtrak San Joaquin train, occasionally staring at the tray-table instructions in front of meMy Amtrak bus out of San José leaves me at Stockton, where I transfer to an Amtrak train to BakersfieldThumbnailsI spend 4.5 hours on the Amtrak San Joaquin train, occasionally staring at the tray-table instructions in front of meMy Amtrak bus out of San José leaves me at Stockton, where I transfer to an Amtrak train to BakersfieldThumbnailsI spend 4.5 hours on the Amtrak San Joaquin train, occasionally staring at the tray-table instructions in front of meMy Amtrak bus out of San José leaves me at Stockton, where I transfer to an Amtrak train to BakersfieldThumbnailsI spend 4.5 hours on the Amtrak San Joaquin train, occasionally staring at the tray-table instructions in front of meMy Amtrak bus out of San José leaves me at Stockton, where I transfer to an Amtrak train to BakersfieldThumbnailsI spend 4.5 hours on the Amtrak San Joaquin train, occasionally staring at the tray-table instructions in front of me

The windows of the house facing the tracks appear to be boarded-up (perhaps to block train noise), with iron security bars mounted on top. But the property is well-maintained and I notice some children playing in the yard and entering the house.