A Green Goat on the Coast Line! I had never seen one of these till this one came through on a manifest. Here it blasts through Santa Margarita; it will soon head up Cuesta Grade. Nikon E995.

SP 7942 is sitting in the Guadalupe yard in the early morning before the Guadalupe local has started its run for the day. The yard at this point is rather empty but will later receive more cars f... (more)

The local power for Guadalupe spends this friday night siting on the MOW track where they are often parked when not in use. The set here consisted of three GP40-2s only one of which has been patc... (more)

This northbound UP freight is about only 15 minuets behind the Coast Starlight number 14. Nikon E995

The Coast Starlight enters the horseshoe curve on cuesta grade. Departing San Luis Obispo it is already an hour behind schedule. Nikon E995

The Coast Starlight today is led by an Amtrak California F59PHI fallowed by three P42's and an Amtrak Cascades Cabbagage car. One of the more interesting combos of power I have seen on the Coast ... (more)

A UP GP15-1 sits in Newhall yard on Thanksgiving Day of 2004. A trio of other geeps are in the background awaiting assignment the next day. Nikon E995.

Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner takes off out of San Luis Obispo and starts it journey south. Here P42 number 116 is trailing while a F59PHI is on the south end doing the pulling. It looks like 116... (more)

A pair of GP38-2’s sit at the south end of the Newhall Yard. A brief break in the could casts some golden rays on them against this almost eerie backdrop of dark clouds. Nikon E995.

Due to a large mud slide south of Santa Barbara Guadalupe's normal normal souce of cars from Gemco has been cut off. After about 30 or so cars for Guadalupe were collected over a week or more in ... (more)

A patched ex-SP SD40M-2 is on the south end of the SLO helper’s lashup. Oddly all three units are facing north. The lighting from the Surfliner servicing facility light up these engines nicely... (more)

On a rather stormy day in SLO the northbound Pacific Surfliner passes a Union Pacific local that is sitting on the third track. Nikon E995

The SLO helpers are at rest. They have has some interesting power in the consist lately. Today it’s a UP SD60M, NS SD60, and ex-SP SD40M-2. Nikon E995

Amtrak Cabbagage car number 90208 is headed south out of San Luis Obispo. This is its first day operating on the Pacific Surfliner. Nikon E995

BNSF units in San Luis Obispo! Four engines, 8-40CW: 877, and three SD40-2's: 8046, 8047, and 7900, and a total of four cars! And to top it off it’s actually a UP train. Nikon E995