On a hot September morning, the equipment for this day's northbound train 14, Amtrak's Coast Starlight (Los Angeles to Seattle), has just backed into Los Angeles Union Station's Track 12, and will... (more)

Train Takes Shower. The car wash at the Amtrak yard in Los Angeles, California is giving Amtrak Train 2 (Sunset Limited) a scrub after its arrival on August 23, 2017. The lustre of the shin... (more)

Idling away at Amtrak's Redondo Junction’s coach yard is Dash 8-32BWH 509. Built by General Electric as road power for Amtrak in December 1991, these hood diesels wore one of the most spectacul... (more)

Emerging from a cluster of Amtrak Pacific Surfliners and Metrolink commuter trains, and beneath the gaze of Los Angeles' distinctive City Hall, Amtrak train 14, the northbound Coast Star... (more)

A tardy Coast Starlight rolls northward through Siskiyou County. Next stop: Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Just as the sun sets, Amtrak train 4, the eastbound Southwest Limited, is about to depart Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal behind a trio of SDP40Fs – 524, 519 and 512 – as soon as t... (more)

An Amtrak Siemens ALC42 leading the northbound Coast Starlight at track speed through the small town of Macdoel with Mt Shasta clear in the background.

Amtrak train 5, the westbound San Francisco Zephyr, has just arrived at Oakland’s 16th Street Station, completing its journey from Chicago. Amtrak dome-lounge 9372 was originally Souther... (more)

Water Level On The Pacific.. It was still a bit hazy but very warm on the morning of July 25, 2020, as Amtrak Coast Starlight (Train 14, Los Angeles, CA-Seattle, WA) passed the beach near E... (more)

Private cars on the rear of a late Amtrak 3, the westbound Southwest Chief.. (Yorba Linda, California – July 22. 2023)

Amtrak train 3 (Yorba Linda, California – July 22, 2023)

The Coast Starlight arrives in Oakland

Is Pepsi Ok? Amtrak 160, the "Pepsi Can" Phase III heritage unit sits at 8th St. Yard after leading the westbound Southwest Cheif.

Amtrak has applied wraps to a pair of their Pacific Surfliner cars, coach 6402 (on the left), and coach/café car 6306 (on the right), to promote the upcoming X Games in Ventura in late Jul... (more)

After Amtrak's "Coast Starlight" stuck a water truck in Moorpark CA on June 28, Amtrak needed to ferry some replacement Superliners to Los Angeles. On July 3 Amtrak train 3, the "Southwest Chief,... (more)