With a unique set of power on the point this afternoon, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight races into Santa Margarita just a few miles from beginning its accent up Cuesta Pass.

After leaving San Luis Obispo, Amtrak No. 11 the eastbound Coast Starlight, rolls down a lush Price Canyon for the trip to Santa Barbara and Los Angeles.

Dropping downgrade through Chorro, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight prepares to enter the Goldtree horseshoe curve as it snakes its way off Cuesta Pass toward its next station stop of San Luis ... (more)

Amtrak No. 11 the southbound Coast Starlight Detours off the Coast Route at Oakland and runs over Altamont pass, and down the Fresno Sub to Tehachapi and on to Los Angeles due to Tunnel work being... (more)

Detouring off the Coast Route due to Tunnel work being done in the Chatsworth area, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, is free of the slow speed of the pass and can notch it out for the... (more)

Detouring off the Coast Route due to Tunnel work being done in the Chatsworth area, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, crosses over Tweedy Creek after passing through Keene on the weste... (more)

Detouring off the Coast Route due to Tunnel work being done in the Chatsworth area, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, heads up Solidad Canyon. The route will take the train up and ove... (more)

Detouring off the Coast Route due to Tunnel work being done in the Chatsworth area, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, heads up Soledad Canyon. The route will take the train up and ove... (more)

Having just completed a trip around Cuesta Pass' iconic Goldtree Horseshoe Curve, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight slices through the green hills as it approaches its next station stop of San L... (more)

Dropping downgrade between Serrano and Chorro, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight cuts through the hills of Cuesta Pass as it snakes past a forlorn steel trailer that has long been abandoned on t... (more)

Passing the remains of the Southern Pacific's once bustling roundhouse, Amtrak 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, hustles out of San Luis Obispo for the remainder of its trip to Los Angeles.

Beginning the climb up Cuesta Pass, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight, carrying a pair of Amtrak California units, crosses Stenner Creek trestle as it approaches the Gold Tree horseshoe curve. T... (more)

A beat up up SD70M assists 11 into snowy Portland.

Months before the huge Thomas Fire burned through the area, Amtrak No.14 the westbound Coast Starlight rolls the lush Faria Beach Community.

The Coast Starlight glides along Puget Sound at Steilacoom, south of Tacoma, WA on a sunny April day. Amtrak continues to use this route after their December 2017 derailment of a Cascades service ... (more)