The Amtrak Coast Starlight descends the Golden Hills of Cuesta Pass north of San Luis Obispo.

The extra long Amtrak Coast Starlight travels around the Horseshoe curve north of San Luis Obispo.

Amtrak Coast Starlight #11 departs Albany, Oregon under turbulent, showery skies. It's certainly a great time to be riding the train in the Willamette Valley as the Fall colors approach their pea... (more)

Amtrak Coast Starlight #11 makes a station stop at Albany, Oregon. One of the more famous (in Oregon) "old heads" of the former Southern Pacific, Bob Melbo, looks on as Terry Teeter loads baggage... (more)

AMTK 509 P32BWH and AMTK 113 P42DC lead the Coast Starlight #11 at Albany station during the peak of a 8-day heat wave. At the time of this photo, Salem and Eugene were at or near their record hi... (more)

After having detoured across Tehachapi Pass earlier in the afternoon, southbound train #11 nears Los Angeles as it snakes through Soledad Canyon on the former Southern Pacific Saugus Line.

Detoured Amtrak train #11 approaches the north portal of Tunnel 2 and Allard siding in the Tehachapi mountains after having met northbound train #14 just minutes before at Caliente.