A very late Surfliner train arrives into SLO over four hours late. It is also assisted by a UP SD60M
A Union Pacific morning meet on the coastline. UP 6598 is being past the morning Oilcans, which have been recently arriving in the early morning instead of nocturnally. CSX 306 is following in the... (more)
A Union Pacific repo train from Oakland moves south to drop of the trailing SD60Ms at the rear of this consist. It will soon meet the northbound Oilcans before continuing on down to LA. Note CSX 3... (more)
Guillermo Sanchez © 2014
Leaving the San Luis Obispo area behind it, southbound Amtrak train #11 heads toward Santa Barbara and Los Angeles on the ex-SP Coast Line on a warm July afternoon.
A repo train of empty well cars departs SLO in front of the helper set of SD60Ms. UP 3991 is a former Southern Pacific SD70M
Amtraking
The "Big Lame Train" heads down the Cuesta Grade
A continuously welded rail train, with one rail, ties down in San Luis Obispo.
Following National Train Day, these museum collection pieces were moved from Santa Maria to the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum.
A repositioning autorack moves into SLO. In consist, we have a reactivated Dash-8 in the 3rd position.
El Paso bound auto racks tie down in San Luis Obispo
The oilcans are advancing into SLO for a crew change. After a quick pause at the depot, they will tackle the Cuesta Grade to Wunpost for loading.
UP 4404 is bringing empty auto cars south in a reposition move. The train will park south of San Luis and await a fresh crew and daytime Amtrak traffic before proceeding down the coastline.