About 15 minutes late the northbound "Coast Starlight" # 14 is on the ascent to the Cuesta summit near San Luis Obispo, with P42DC # 198 and 207 pulling the heavy 12 car train.
Engineer Doug Busler inherited a late Southwest Chief, and BNSF train Z-LACWSP8-20U (Los Angeles CA to Willow Springs, IL) holds at Frost (just south of Victorville) for the meet so as not ... (more)
Merry Christmas Amtrak. The first meaningful release of new cars from CAF in Elmira, 18 new Viewliner baggage cars, roll NB on the D&H just north of Oneonta at 3:55pm on one of the gloomiest days ... (more)