As the sun sets on a unseasonably warm February evening, Amtrak #11 glides over the Arroyo Hondo trestle as it journeys down the coast toward Santa Barbara.
And here we see Amtrak's Coast Starlight in its natural habitat: a late summer evening, the mountains shrouded in ocean mist, seagulls peacefully gliding along, and a lone individual walking in th... (more)
Amtrak's Coast Starlight #11 reflects through Alviso Slough with a taste of Phase III (AMTK 145 and a Phase III Baggage Car)!
Amtrak's Coast Starlight, No. 11 from Seattle skirts Puget Sound at Steilacoom, WA striking a patriotic pose while the weather toys with our attempt to gain sunlit shots in January in the Pacific ... (more)
After the rains of the last couple days, there is a lot of standing water on the coast route. No. 14, the coast Starlight, rolls northbound on a clearing day.
The New Years Eve Coast Starlight No. 14 crosses the Gaviota Trestle on a beautiful winters day.
BNSF 4611 leads the northbound Coast Starlight through Santa Barbara. This may be the first time a BNSF unit has traveled north on an Amtrak train on this subdivision.
The southbound Coast Starlight flies south through the Salinas Valley at 70MPH as it nears Soledad, CA with some farm equipment next to the tracks.
Amtrak 11 heads around the S-curves at Metz in the heart of the Salinas Valley. There's so many great shots on this stretch of the Coast Line, but unfortunately a lack of consistent traffic aside ... (more)
Another spectacular clear morning sky greets the northbound Coast Starlight as it banks into a curve approaching Cougar, California beneath a snowy Mount Shasta.
Dusk falls on the California Coast as the southbound Coast Starlight runs around the LOF66 at Oxnard.
Northbound Coast Starlight #14 is a couple of hours late approaching Klamath Falls, OR
Amtrak Coast Starlight Train 11 flies through the station at Richmond, and ducks under the tri-light signal bridge
As amtrak #11 heads for Los Angeles, CA, the Coast Starlight blasts its way through the Blossom Hills Caltrain station heading south
he coast starlight with an addition NPCU baggage cab car, is seen from atop Price Canyon.