An one-headed Coast Starlight! Shortly after departing Oakland, one of the P42s died and the crew had to set out the disabled engine near Elmhurst. The train continued its trip south with just o... (more)
There is something about that train...that's orange! "Coast Starlight", running almost 7 hours behind schedule, being pulled by a guest freight unit after one of the P42s died earlier on the trip... (more)
San Jose, Amtrak #11, the Coast Starlight, is led by an unusual combination of power, one of the then new F59PHI's ordered for Amtrak California and one of the older F40's.