The Coast Starlight departs SLO

Helpers await their next call on this chilly december night.

The last cans of the year make a surprise daylight appearance in San Luis.

Old power, new face.

The southbound "starlight" makes a station shop with some heritage on point.

The Northbound "Coast Starlight" Approaches San Luis station. With a P42 sandwiched between Dash-8's.

The rain has stopped and a heavy mist sets over San Luis. With lack of sun these past few weeks, i took the opportunity to photograph the new set of helper power. Since storing or selling the UP s... (more)

The Guadalupe switchers have come up to San Luis to switch some gondolas out of the Ace Hardware siding. Another beautiful 77 degree winter day on the central coast.

Southern Pacific 2472, an immaculately restored 4-6-2 P-8 Class Pacific, threads its way through the target signals at Goldtree, just north of San Luis Obispo, California, as it descends Cu... (more)

After a heavy rain the coast's primer frieght train "the oilcans" appears almost as they did before the elements rusted them brown. The Espee maybe be gone, but Southern Pacific can still be seen ... (more)

After completing the journey over the treacherous Cuesta Pass from San Ardo to San Luis Obispo, Union Pacific 8359 and the loaded oil cans stop to take a break before getting a new crew and headin... (more)

Amtrak Coast Starlight train #11 slowly departs the Sun Luis Obispo station and heads south along the UP Santa Barbara Subdivision. Passengers aboard this train will soon be cruising along the inc... (more)

SP lives on the Coastline

Amtrak 172 leads the southbound Coast Starlight train down Cuesta Pass and across the Stenner Creek Trestle. This train was now just minutes away from it's station stop at San Luis Obispo, Califor... (more)