View from the observation car of the northbound Coast Starlight, with late afternoon light flooding in, shortly after departing San Luis Obispo.

Last UP train of 2014 entering SLO.

My last photo of 2014...a pretty good year in photography along the coastline with the addition of many repo trains starting in late spring. The brilliant golden winter light illuminates these SD7... (more)

About 15 minutes late the northbound "Coast Starlight" # 14 is on the ascent to the Cuesta summit near San Luis Obispo, with P42DC # 198 and 207 pulling the heavy 12 car train.

This automotive repo train skirts around the mid day Surfliner on a rather hot December day.

This automotive repo train skirts around the mid day Surfliner on a rather hot December day.

Real manned helpers assist this repo train down the Cuesta Grade on a hot December day. Notice how green everything has gotten with the rain.

A repo train ducks under the pedestrian walk way before leaving slo

The Lompoc local power, which is based out of Guadalupe, has come up to SLO to drop off an extra helper unit.

The sharp point of this P42 is striking south, approaching SLO

Helper power runs north to rescue a stalled train on the Cuesta grade.

A delayed repo train leaves slo with a duo of SD70M's

This repo train arrives late into SLO on this fall morning. The SD70M duo leading stalled while attempting the grade outside of Santa Margarita, possibly because ice on the rails in the early morn... (more)

The HSQSQ 21 SLO Helper crew assists the AMPNGR 20 down Cuesta Pass on the Coast Subdivision at last light. The train is seen crossing Stenner Creek Trestle, a couple miles north of SLO. Heading u... (more)

MCVX 911119 is a classroom designed to instruct emergency responders the appropriot way to handle potential incidents involving Oil trains. The coastline will potentially pick up more oil traffic,... (more)