BNSF 5067 leads Amtrak's Coast Starlight #11 past Santa Clara on November 7, 2015.

On July 25th, a special set of cars were on the rear of Amtrak's Coast Starlight seen here winding upgrade past the north end of Chorro Siding on Union Pacific's Cuesta Pass. The observation car i... (more)

Dash-8 Leader: The 500 series P32-BWH locomotives rarely lead trains on Amtrak anymore but every once in a while, you'll see one leading to Coast Starlight. Here, 507 leads train 11 through... (more)

A quiet morning filled with the sounds of wind and water is briefly interrupted as two GE P42DCs lead Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight along the Puget Sound near Steilacoom, WA on March 24th, 2... (more)

What a crazy consist to start 2017 with!! The previous night, Amtrak 14 departed Dunsmuir, CA and hit a rock slide just north of town, damaging the lead unit beyond use. Because of the incident, a... (more)

Dog's breakfast leading #11 South OF Gilroy at Corporal.

And here we see Amtrak's Coast Starlight in its natural habitat: a late summer evening, the mountains shrouded in ocean mist, seagulls peacefully gliding along, and a lone individual walking in th... (more)

Another spectacular clear morning sky greets the northbound Coast Starlight as it banks into a curve approaching Cougar, California beneath a snowy Mount Shasta.

Amtrak Coast Starlight Train 11 flies through the station at Richmond, and ducks under the tri-light signal bridge

Amtrak P40DC #837 leads Amtrak's Coast Starlight #11 through Blossom Hill Caltrain Station. Note that this Starlight is a shortened set for the winter and no Pacific Parlour Car until March 12, 20... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight blasts upgrade out of Tunnel 6 and through the north switch of Cruzatte, deep in the Oregon Cascades. The oxygen-thirsty trailing P32BWH is belching smoke as a result of c... (more)

BNSF 4856 leads the Coast Starlight South, towards Los Angeles.

The Coast Starlight leaving the platform at Union Station amidst National Train Day celebrations in Portland. Among the displays was the SP&S 700 4-8-4, partially visible next to the station.

Three ex-California Zephyr cars trail Amtrak 11 Southbound, giving a small representation of the famous streamliner on the back of a modern Amtrak train.

An on time Amtrak 11 rolls down Jack London Square with two P42's and Amtrak Cascades NPCU 90253. 90253 was most likely heading down to 8th St Yard in LA for service it cannot get in Seattle.