Sunny centerbeams welcome the 14 as it guides the 14 downgrade through Oakridge. Fresh ballast and ties litter the bed awaiting the gangs currently working southward in the Eugene area. The SP s... (more)

Amtrak Coast Starlight #14 was running over two hours late due to problems down in Southern California. Number 14 rounds the beginning of the S Curve at Pioneer and Highballs towards Mount Shasta ... (more)

Amtrak glides thru the old SP yard in Oakridge, amid some assorted snow-fighting equipment, and a long line of lumber cars that have been stored there for quite some time. Looks like some MOW wor... (more)

The Coast Starlight glides over the SR 170 segment of the Hollywood Freeway with barely a noise, but the thrumming of the GEs. This is the very western (geographically southern) end of the old Sou... (more)

The Coast Starlight travels north through Judkins under the I-5 bridges.

An uncommon consist triggers the classic SP signal bridge at the south switch of Judkins.

Autumn arouses an otherwise drab Judkins siding as the northbound Coast Starlight rolls through the north switch.

A bridge assists the tardy Coast Starlight across the Willamette River and Franklin Blvd.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight lead by two Dash-8s sandwiching a P42 make their way north out of Bradley on the Union Pacific Coast Line. An extra empty baggage car tags along on the rear on its trip ... (more)

Northbound Amtrak #14 - The Coast Starlight is running a couple of hours behind as it heads northbound along Klamath Lake on a clear morning in July. Only a couple of hours previous, passengers we... (more)

The downhill Amtrak Coast Starlight heads through Oakridge yard after conquering the Cascades.

The Amtrak Coast Starlight 14 shoots across Highway 58 on Salt Creek Bridge, the last of two horseshoe curves over ‘the hill.’ Coyote Mountain can be seen above the train along with a view o... (more)

After a weekend of rain & clouds we are treated to a full week of beautiful weather and taking the main stage would have to be Mt. Rainier. Showing us while Trains are very big, some things are ju... (more)

Amtrak's premier west coast passenger train, the Coast Starlight, hugging the eastern edge of the Salinas River Valley passing fresh lettuce crops. Train #14 is seen here running northbound approa... (more)

Equipment for the day's Cost Starlight to Seattle backs into Los Angeles Union Station from 8th Street Yard by running up the Metrolink River Sub in downtown LA. This is classic Los Angeles to me,... (more)