Southern Pacific #99 to Amtrak #14

Southern Pacific’s famed Coast Daylight (Los Angeles to San Francisco) lives on as Amtrak’s Coast Starlight (Los Angeles to Seatt... (more)

Heading for Cuesta Grade

Amtrak train #14, the northbound (westbound in Southern Pacific's timetable) Coast Starlight, departs San Luis Obispo, California, on July 1, 1976 (Am... (more)

Water for My Horses

It is Independence Day Eve (is that a thing?) 1974 and Amtrak's southbound (eastbound, in Southern Pacific vernacular) Coast Starlight, train #11, makes it... (more)

Greeting the Coast Starlight which was running along a fast track tangent to 99E in the Willamette Valley.

A tardy northbound Coast Starlight is arriving at Portland, Oregon in summer 1994. The Steel Bridge is owned by Union Pacific. The lower deck carries rail traffic, while the upper deck has a roadw... (more)

They say if you hang out long enough around the railroad you'll see just about anything. On the first weekend of 2004, the Coast Starlights met at the depot in Klamath Falls, Oregon. On the left, ... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight rolls northward on Mt. Shasta's flanks during Memorial Day weekend 1995. Within days, the stylish GEs on the Starlights would be replaced by Genesis units.

Amtrak 44 - A Reminder of Better Days

After several days of typical Seattle mist and gloom, the sun burned through on January 23, 2017. While cold, it was sunny as Amtrak's Coast... (more)

For the second day in a row the Coast Starlight is about 13 hours late as it makes a rare daylight run through downtown Burbank on its way to nearby Los Angeles.

Leaving San Luis Obispo behind in the late afternoon light, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight races into Edna sporting a warbonnet leader and Amtrak's Phase I heritage unit.

Far from its home rails along the coast, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight makes the most of the straight track from Monolith as it works upgrade toward the summit of Tehachapi Pass. On this day... (more)

Back when power shortages in Seattle seemed to be a regular occurrence for Amtrak, it wasn't all that uncommon to spot a UP or BNSF unit on the point of the southbound Coast Starlight. While Amtra... (more)

The Christmas Day Coast Starlight pauses at the Paso Robles Amtrak station on a cold, winter afternoon. Trailing the power, reflecting in a small puddle leftover from a rain squall days ago, are a... (more)

Amtrak's Southbound Coast Starlight races through the rich agricultural sprawl south of San Luis Obispo at Edna. Soon the train will begin to slow for the journey through Price Canyon.

Living up to its namesake, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight, Train No. 14, crosses over the 811-foot long trestle at Gaviota as it breaks away from Highway 101 and heads toward the Hollister Ra... (more)