Santa Monica trainyard
The Santa Monica Trainyard is an abandoned section of train track in Santa Monica, where a number of disused train cars have been collected for storage (or to rust and rot).
At the south end of the yard is the disused Santa Monica Station. At the north end is an abandoned Mortimer & Sons warehouse, which was taken over by a local gang working for the Sabbat. The building was blown up in 2004, with the activities blamed (not entirely unfairly) on a weapon-smuggling operation.
Santa Monica Station
Santa Monica Station is a disused train station. One of the bathrooms has collapsed, providing sewer access to enterprising Nosferatu, or those who work for them. A homeless man spends his time next to a fire on the station's platform. Patrolling guards from the nearby warehouse occasionally stop here for a smoke break.
Mortimer & Sons
The Mortimer & Sons Medical and Mortuary Supply Warehouse ("Supplying all your needs in life... and death") was sometimes called the "Sabbat Warehouse" by locals familiar with the operation, although the majority of the inhabitants are a mortal gang who are simply working for the Sabbat. It was located at 83467 Beach Blv.
A fair number of arms, armaments, and explosives were being stored here, ready for shipping out, presumably to the Sabbat infiltrating the city.
The building exploded in late 2004, possibly an accident caused by the weapon smuggling operation, although police hadn't ruled out terrorist activity. If true, that would make it the first of three terrorist attacks in the LA area in the next few weeks, with one hitting the Venture Tower, and the third hitting Chinatown's Temple of Golden Virtue.
Quests
- Explosive Beginning
Background Information
- The "Santa Monica" on the side of the Station building is missing. The T can be found laying on the ground amid other rubble.
- The Mortimer & Sons sign indicates the address is 83467 Beach Blv. There is no Beach Boulevard in Santa Monica, although there is a short Beach Street.
- The trains are from Confederate Atlantic, which may be a reference to the Union Pacific freight fleet. As Santa Monica is on the west coast, a company with "Atlantic" in the name is even less appropriate than the original.
- Prior to blowing up the warehouse, if you emerge out onto the station platform, either via the hole in the wall or by picking the lock on the door, and you immediately look left, you can catch a glimpse of Beckett in wolf form watching for a moment, before running away across the top of some train cars.
- "Dangerous Places" and "Dangerous Places Combat" (tracks 15 and 4 from the VTM: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines: More Music from the Vault ) play throughout this area.
Santa Monica Station sign
Mortimer & Sons sign
TomChad Moore Cigar advertisement
Beckett sighting before blowing up the warehouse