The calendar said that summer hadn't ended yet, but fall has arrived in the Oregon Cascade Mountains where the leaves are turning and the morning fog has moistened the landscape. At 11:33 in the m... (more)

Saturday was a troublesome day for train traffic up on the mountain. Earlier, a southbound (uphill) Q train stalled on the mainline at this location due to the failure of one of its DPUs. It too... (more)

Amtrak's detouring northbound Starlight is moments away from entering tunnel 19 at Soledad Canyon.

Amtrak's #14 makes a detoured run along Soledad Canyon as it's about to enter tunnel 19 along the old Saugus Line.

Amtrak train #14, the northbound Coast Starlight, prepares to load at Los Angeles Union Station before departing for Seattle, Washington, on August 17th, 2013. P42DC 156, painted in the ca... (more)

The northbound starlight makes good speed

The northbound coast starlight with some heritage on point

At 9:40am, a three-plus hour late Coast Starlight rolls across the Dry Creek Trestle among the lava lands of Mount Shasta. A normal crew change would've occurred at K-Falls but due to the delays ... (more)

At 6:48am the Coast Starlight was running on schedule, after cresting the 5105' summit at Grass Lake. They will make OS at K-Falls within about one hour owing to some fast track into Dorris.

At 7:51am The Coast Starlight was running over two hours down at this point, which afforded a pretty daylight view of the train along the northwestern flanks of Mount Shasta. On top of their othe... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlights Nos. 11 and 14 meet on the mountainside of Cuesta grade at Chorro, Calif. on Oct. 8, 1996 as southbound No. 11 exists Tunnel No. 11, the last of six tunnels on the descen... (more)

Two F40s and two P40s hustle the 12 cars of Amtrak's Coast Starlight No. 14 northward near Narlon, Calif. on Oct. 8, 1996. The sixth car in the consist is the wine tasting and lounge for passeng... (more)

Amtrak 14 flies past Palm Avenue doing a solid 79 with a P32 second out.

Once again, Amtrak phase IV heritage engine #184 is assigned to the Coast Starlight's locomotive pool. Along with this, the Coast Sub has livened up quite a bit due to the recent derailments on Te... (more)

The northbound starlight, with a three unit consist enters SLO