Amtrak 156 leads the Coast Starlight past the picturesque Santa Susana depot as the sun sets on a hot August day.

An on-time Coast Starlight departs San Jose on its way to Los Angeles behind heritage unit #156 in the bloody-nose scheme.

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)

Amtrak 156 leads an on time Coast Starlight through the farm fields of Camarillo and Oxnard.

Amtrak 40th Anniversary unit #156, decorated in the "Pointless Arrow" paint scheme, passes windsurfers packing up after a long day on the water.

The "Pointless Arrow" heritage unit leads a tardy # 11 towards Oakland on a sunny summer morning.

Heritage unit 156, sporting Amtraks "phase I" paint approches San Luis Obispo to meet the northbound starlight before continuing it's trip to LAUPT. The bloody nose almost gives this train an Espe... (more)

Killing bugs since 1971

Coast Starlight with the Phase I Heritage scheme. Very pretty - I think she is my favorite!

The northbound coast starlight with some heritage on point

Amtrak Locomotive Number 156 Leads Train 313, here the train is making a station stop at Kirkwood then will proceed west to its finial Destination of Kansas City Missouri making a few stops along ... (more)

It's the "Pointless Arrow", "Bloody Nose", or whatever you want to call it; AMTK 156 leads a slightly late 313 under the Barrett Station Road overpass as clouds and an ancient code pole line enhan... (more)

Amtrak's famed "Pointless Arrow" heritage unit #156 cruses westbound into Kirkwood for its station stop. Bringing up the rear is Frisco sleeper Cimarron River.