The southbound Gaudalupe Local to las Angeles crosses the old Southern Pacific Trestle across Gaviota State Beach. The park and the surrounding area is a great place to stay and enjoy trains.

North of Santa Barbara, Amtrak no. 14, rolls the northbound Coast Starlight through Refugio State Park with the Ranch Lands of the Gaviota coast as a backdrop.

Todays Amtrak no. 14, the northbound Coast Starlight is running on a limited weekly schedule once again. Three units with No.127 leading, roll the Starlight along the Gaviota Coastline north of S... (more)

With its day of dumping riprap along the Surfline complete, today's work train has just taken on its new crew at Calafia Beach as the sun closes in on the horizon to bring another day to a close. ... (more)

Rolling into Seacliff to hold for Pacific Surfliner no. 761 and no. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, Union Pacific no. 6322 leads a Herzog ballast train bound for Utah southbound along the Santa... (more)

Passing by Faria County Park, Union Pacific no. 6322 leads a Herzog ballast train southbound along the Santa Barbara Subdivision to Los Angeles and then on to Utah.

The Starlight Returns...To Daily Service. On May 27th I was looking for an excuse to get out and shoot something, and low-and-beyond, was rewarded with a surprisingly late Amtrak 14, the no... (more)

As the mist gets blown off of the Pacific Ocean on to the rusty, steel rails, of the former Southern Pacific Coast Route, a pair of EMD motors race south along the shore of Emma Wood State Beach, ... (more)

Northbound Amtrak 118 pulls the Coast Starlight with a Iowa Pacific dome car on the end across the Gaviota trestle on a winters day.