500 Days of Summer - Train Passenger

Last Thursday, I was booked as a "train Passenger" for the film 500 Days of Summer. It was through my booking service and for a casting agency I had not worked for before. Instead of having to call a hotline at a certain time the night before, they were emailing the info and then we just had to reply to the email to confirm. The email had all of the information, including what time we had to be there, where we had to be, and what we had to wear and bring. Along the top of the email it said "Train ride to San Diego". So, I, along with the other people booked, assumed that meant we would be sitting in a train all day. Our location was down town LA and the call time was 10 am. Right before we checked in, they suggested we put any extra items (wardrobe we weren't wearing, folding chairs, etc) back in the car. We would be on the train to San Diego. We really took the train from LA to San Diego and then back again. They had reserved 2 cars for the movie. It was my first US train ride, besides subways, so I was excited. It was a fairly easy day. After doing a short scene on the platform, they loaded us into the train. They put us in spots for the first scene on the train, and when they were done, we went to the other car. It was a nice ride. Once out of the Los Angeles area, the train goes along the coast and the scenery was quite beautiful. Once in San Diego, we hopped out to do another quick scene on the platform there. Then back on the train where they served us boxed lunches (very cold sandwiches). The way back was really cool because we got to watch the sunset over the ocean. I didn't work at all on the way back ... just sat back and enjoyed the view.
It was the second time, I've been to San Diego, and ironically, both times I've been there and within an hour headed back to LA. The first time was for Lords of Dogtown, when I worked as a PA in the office and had to deliver some paperwork when they were shooting in San Diego.

Train station in San Diego