The Coast Starlight running through picturesque Elkhorn Slough prior to arriving at Salinas.

Amtrak train 11, the southbound "Coast Starlight" passes a lone palm tree as it approaches the Niles depot.

3 private cars bring up the rear of Amtrak 11.

A late Amtrak Coast Starlight passes Seacliff with 3 private cars in tow. The early evening light creates a glare on the cars.

Dropping down the Cuesta grade Amtrak no. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, crosses the Stenner Creek Trestle into San Luis Obispo.

A rare occurrence in 2020, Amtrak Dash 8 510 leads the Southbound Coast Starlight into LA. The train is drifting along the California coast North of Santa Barbara over the famous and often photogr... (more)

Word that AMTK 510 was still on the point of the Coast Starlight prompted a friend and I to make the drive from Los Angeles up to San Louis Obispo's Cuesta Pass to shoot the SP Searchlights at Cho... (more)

Running nearly 17 hours late, and with a heritage P42 leading one of the remaining P40s, Amtrak's #11 of the 20th is about to slam past the downtown Burbank platforms and then pass #14 as it final... (more)

Just 187 miles into its 1377-mile journey from Seattle WA to Los Angeles CA, Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, departs Portland, Oregon’s Union Station after a crew change.... (more)

Amtrak Coast Starlight departs San Luis Obispo California on time during it's trip down to Los Angeles.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight passes over the eastern end of the Santa Clara River Bridge and into Oxnard California with a Phase One Heritage paint scheme in the lead. Although from this angle this lo... (more)

Running a couple of minutes early, the Southbound Coast Starlight rounds the curve around collapsed and abandoned Tunnel 10 on Cuesta in San Luis Obispo.

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.

The meeting of the Coast Starlights at San Luis Obispo.

Southbound Amtrak No. 11 the Coast Starlight on the causeway across sloughs at the south end of San Francisco Bay. Next stop San Jose Diridon Station.