Assigned to a system-wide inspection special for Union Pacific officials, UP 6936 powers the train up the former Southern Pacific Coast Line and across the famous Gaviota Trestle, located roughly ... (more)
With Amtrak 114.
After waiting in the siding at Gaviota for the southbound Coast Starlight, the 4449 special heads north across the famous trestle.
Returning from New Orleans, Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 4449 skirts the California coast, her old stomping grounds, as she crosses Gaviota Trestle west of Santa Barbara on her way to Sa... (more)
UP SD70M 2002 leads the Olympic Torch Relay Train on its journey carrying the Olympic Flame to the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Northbound Coast Starlight #14 is nearly on schedule as it rumbles off the Gaviota Trestle on a very clear Pacific day.
Squint your eyes and you'll see that this is still an Espee train!
A patched SD45 carbody SD40M-2 and patched sister SD40 carbody SD40M-2 (both ex-SP) were assigned to the water/work train that came north from L.A. to repair the smaller Gaviota trestle burned in ... (more)
Amtrak's Coast Starlight zooming up the coast after just crossing the Gaviota Bridge.
Amtrak's Coast Starlight crossing the Gaviota Bridge.