The Dash 8 brings up the rear of Amtrak 761. The train is running on the East Bank of the River Sub, which is normally freight only. They're passing under the Broadway overpass.

Tom Golden photo.

Santa Fe Lives On. AMTK 510, a General Electric (GE) B32-8BWH built in 1991 soaks up the late evening light across from the newly restored turntable here at Amtrak's Redondo Junction locomo... (more)

AMTK 510 roars past the old SP truss bridge in Pismo Beach, California

Dash-8BWH beings the ascent up Cuesta Grade

Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight, led today by the AMTK 510, cools its heels at San Luis Obispo as passengers enjoy a chance to stretch their legs and admire the unusual leader on their train t... (more)

AMTK 510 passing the searchlight in Santa Margarita, CA

Something For Everyone. Making an unusual trip out of Los Angeles on the point of a train, AMTK 510 guides this morning's Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, into Simi Valley ... (more)

Rumbling through downtown Ventura, AMTK 510 lets everyone in this small, costal community hear it's unique, hybrid horn as it approaches the 541-foot-long bridge than crosses US 101.

Making good time on its southern trip down the rails that the famous Daylight passenger train once plied, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight races across the 811-foot-long Gaviota trestle.... (more)

Having just met its northbound counterpart, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight is back on the move and up to track speed as it races through the vineyards at Edna as it heads for the coast.

Located in the hills of north of San Luis Obispo, the 5,100 foot long siding of Chorro is one of two, current locations between San Luis Obispo and Santa Margarita where trains can meet if necessa... (more)

A rare occurrence in 2020, Amtrak Dash 8 510 leads the Southbound Coast Starlight into LA. The train is drifting along the California coast North of Santa Barbara over the famous and often photogr... (more)

Word that AMTK 510 was still on the point of the Coast Starlight prompted a friend and I to make the drive from Los Angeles up to San Louis Obispo's Cuesta Pass to shoot the SP Searchlights at Cho... (more)

An original Kodachrome slide form my collection; the photographer was not specified.