Comfy single couches on the Coast Starlight Pacific Parlour Car #39973 "Santa Lucia Highlands". Unfortunately, supply outstrips demand for these seats.
Amtrak's Coast Starlight detours through California's Central Valley as it descends down the famous Tehachapi Pass after going around the horseshoe curve at Caliente.
Amtrak Coast Starlight #14 heads north on a sunny late-summer afternoon. Mount Rainier can be seen in the background.
For those who might be wondering, this was taken off of the S.S. Skyllingst... (more)