Climbing trough Chorro on the Cuesta Grade, Amtrak no. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, leaves San Luis Obispo.

Dropping down the Cuesta grade Amtrak no. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, crosses the Stenner Creek Trestle into San Luis Obispo.

After leaving San Luis Obispo, Amtrak no. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, passes through the Wine growing region of the Edna Valley.

The last two Talgo 6 series trainsets set off on their final trip along the Pacific Coast, seen here gliding over the Stenner Creek trestle within the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus. Their final ... (more)

After a meet with AMTK 14 at Serrano Siding where the crew change took place, the Talgo Funeral trains continues south. The two sets are headed for scrap in LA. WSDOT retired all of the Series 6 t... (more)

A rare sighting of "helpers" return to the Cuesta Grade on Valentines Day 2021! Since the oilcans stopped running, SLO no longer has a helper set or crew based out of the station. Two mo... (more)

A not too common occurrence takes place as all three tracks in slo are filled with equipment. Tracks 2&3 are filled with MOW equipment, one being the NB rock train used to fill the washout north o... (more)

Empty baretables snake down the Cuesta Grade.

A work train climbs the horseshoe curve of the Cuesta Grade. The South Chorro siding is still protected by US&S searchlight signals.

Trains and rain are rare in San Luis Obispo, CA. Today, a NB work train shuffles cars around the SLO Yard, which at this point has been turned into a lake.

The stopover in San Luis Obispo at the train station was not planned on our trip on Highway No. 1. We were all the more pleased to be able to watch the meeting of two passenger trains. Amtrak No. ... (more)

AMTK 130 leading the southbound Coast Starlight over the old Espee Stenner Creek Trestle

Grade this photo. Webb Rail's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullman obs/diner/sleeper "Babbling ... (more)

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)