Passing Starlights. The daily ritual, at least when both trains are on time, takes place in front of the beautifully resorted Southern Pacific freight house here in San Luis Obispo as Amtra... (more)

The Coast Starlight rattled some bones while passing by the Odd Fellows cemetery near Harrisburg, Oregon. Some of these old stones date from the mid-nineteenth century.

The Coast Starlight entered Oregon a couple of miles back. It will pause for a crew change at Klamath Falls in a little over 20 minutes. Private car "Silver Foot" is on the rear of the ... (more)

During a brief break between snow storms that have brought a good deal of sea level snow to the Puget Sound area (to say nothing of the foot or more at higher elevations), the Amtrak Starlight rol... (more)

Trailing a variety of classic equipment including two domes, a pair of Amtrak SDP40Fs storm through Auburn, WA, with train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, just beginning its long trek from Sea... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight, masquerading as the 'San Joaquin Starlight' during a one day detour in September 2013, has entered the east end of what was once Tunnel Half, located in the heart of the ... (more)

Two Different Kinds of "Peace Be With You." As Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight races out of Camarillo, the engineer of today's train throws up a piece sign after noticing the... (more)

Amtrak No. 120 leads No. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight into the San luis Obispo SP station as Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight departs.

Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight slows to a crawl as it passes through the siding at Moorpark on a cool, fall morning. While this train normally races through town as speeds above 60, today the... (more)

The Coast Starlight passes through Bray on a clear mountain morning. The train is on time, no doubt because of the Southern Pacific business car at the rear of the train.

Just 40 miles into its 1388-mile journey from Seattle to Los Angeles, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight coils into Tacoma, WA, on an early spring day. The Tacoma Dome was under construction in ... (more)

It's just after sunset as Amtrak 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, makes its Simi Valley station stop. This evening finds AMTK 503 on the point of the train that has less than an hour running ti... (more)

As seen through a window in a covered bridge, the Coast Starlight drifts through Westfir, Oregon and crosses the Willamette River for the first time on its journey to Seattle.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight 14 crosses Portland's Steel Bridge on May 9, 2009. This is a unique lift bridge because the rail deck rises within the upper deck and then the upper deck lifts. Meanwhil... (more)

On the 12th day of April, AMTK 12 leads Amtrak's Coast Starlight north over the famed Gaviota trestle and closer to its next station stop of San Luis Obispo.