Amtrak Coastal Starlight, from Seattle to LA, across Edna Valley, just south of San Luis Obispo
An officer's special from Oakland to West Colton, CA, arrives in San Luis Obispo where it will exchange crews for the second leg of its run (SLO to LA). The Rio Grande heritage unit is not one see... (more)
Southern Pacific GP9 3353, seen in San Luis Obispo, California, on April 3, 1983, was built in May 1956 as SP subsidiary-Texas & New Orleans 430. When renumbered into the SP system in 1965, it wa... (more)
Passengers begin to board the daily Pacific Surfliner train out of San Luis Obispo while 90208 and it's train wait patiently near the depot. A special dome car has been added to this train for pri... (more)
Amtrak 817 slowly leads the Coast Starlight down Cuesta Pass and around the Horseshoe Curve. The train will soon be stopped in San Luis Obispo on this beautiful winter day.
Amtrak train #11, the Coast Starlight, passes through the pastures of Cal Poly University (which has an extensive agricultural program) in San Luis Obispo, California, on July 2, 1974. SDP... (more)
Union Pacific 3999 and 5091 travel over Cuesta Pass, north of San Luis Obispo, to help a work train over the steep grade.
Southbound Coast Starlight #11 makes its station stop at San Luis Obispo.
Union Pacific 5423 begins to gain speed as it leads the WSLSLZ out of the beautiful San Luis Obispo Valley. Note how all the vineyards have become seas of yellow.
A couple extra units sit on the helper spur as the sun begins to set in San Luis Obispo. The two SD70Ms brought the baretables you see to SLO for storage. The units in this shot are UP 8311, 8380,... (more)
Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight, led by AMTK 88, highballs San Luis Obispo with a few more people today during this Thanksgiving rush period.
Northbound Pacific Surfliner #799 flies into San Luis Obispo with an F40PH and the Great Dome.
Union Pacific 5423 gets a new crew in San Luis Obispo, CA. The crews appear to have no urgency to get onto the train.
Amtrak's Coast Starlight crosses the Stenner Creek Trestle as it descends into San Luis Obispo.
The Amtrak Coast Starlight descends the Golden Hills of Cuesta Pass north of San Luis Obispo.
