Amtrak 11, the Coast Starlight, screams past the Bay Area's lame attempt at having Fall colors this year... Trees won't change when it's 80 degrees everyday!

Amtrak's Coast Starlight lead by two Dash-8s sandwiching a P42 make their way north out of Bradley on the Union Pacific Coast Line. An extra empty baggage car tags along on the rear on its trip ... (more)

Amtrak's premier west coast passenger train, the Coast Starlight, hugging the eastern edge of the Salinas River Valley passing fresh lettuce crops. Train #14 is seen here running northbound approa... (more)

There is activity inside Amtrak baggage car 1231 as checked baggage is loaded on train #14, the Coast Starlight, before the 10:15 am departure time from Los Angeles' Union Station. Car 123... (more)

The Coast Starlight passes through a section of the Rocky Prairie Natural Area near Plumb in SE Thurston County, WA while into the first hours of its trip south to L.A.

Two Pepsi Cans with The Coast Starlight

A 9 hour late Coast Starlight arrives in Martinez on a nice afternoon.

The mid-portion of the Coast Starlight.

SB Coast Starlight waiting to leave King Street Station with its clock tower.

Amtrak Coast Starlight #11 makes a station stop at Albany, Oregon. One of the more famous (in Oregon) "old heads" of the former Southern Pacific, Bob Melbo, looks on as Terry Teeter loads baggage... (more)

AMTK 509 P32BWH and AMTK 113 P42DC lead the Coast Starlight #11 at Albany station during the peak of a 8-day heat wave. At the time of this photo, Salem and Eugene were at or near their record hi... (more)

The westbound Amtrak combined "Coast Daylight / Starlight" is leaving Union Station and is between the Terminal and Mission towers. The "Daylight" ran daily between Oakland and LA, while the "Star... (more)

Amtrak’s Cardinal #50 proceeds on former Chesapeake and Ohio rail through Orange, Virginia as the train approaches the interchange with Norfolk Southern’s Washington to Atlanta mainline on Fri... (more)

Amtrak train #11, the Coast Starlight, has only been underway a little more than an hour on its day and a half long journey from Seattle to Los Angeles. This is one of the more scenic portions of ... (more)

Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight eases by on the mainline at Ravenna in Soledad Canyon while on a Central Valley detour via Tehachapi Pass.