Farewell to the Pacific Parlour Cars. February 2 marked the last northbound departure and February 4 will be the last ever southbound departure before these cars are retired after 26 years... (more)

Farewell to the Pacific Parlour Cars. February 2 marked the last northbound departure and February 4 will be the last ever southbound departure before these cars are retired after 26 years... (more)

Farewell to the Pacific Parlour Cars. February 2 marked the last northbound departure and February 4 will be the last ever southbound departure before these cars are retired after 26 years... (more)

I bet the passengers enjoying the view out of this Sightseer Lounge had no idea that plans to end passenger trains on this beautiful segment of the Coast Starlight were well underway at the time o... (more)

Amtrak Genesis Locomotives P42-9BWH No. 61 and No. 140 in charge of Southbound Amtrak No. 11 COAST STARLIGHT from Seattle, WA to Los Angeles, CA.

The Coast Starlight twists and turns the meandering down grades of the Santa Lucia range.

Golden Hills in the Golden State

Amtrak's Coast Starlight is famed for its views of the Pacific Ocean. But even though the old Southern Pacific mainline veers inland a bit at... (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.

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)

The Coast Starlight rolls downgrade into San Luis Obispo around the mini horseshoe curve.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight #11 rolls through Blossom Hill with a P40DC on point.

Fall starts to peak in the Saint Johns trench as The Coast Starlight zooms over the Willamette River.

In the comforting shade of a tree on a hot day, a little boy and his mom watch Amtrak’s Coast Starlight arrive at Salem, Oregon, on September 25, 2016.

The southbound Starlight runs slightly late into Kelso for a stop. I haven't seen one of the older Dash-8's lead in awhile and it apparently crapped out before getting to California.