What could be finer on Christmas Day than riding up the Gaviota coast on the Silver Solarium and Silver Lariat behind the Coast Starlight ?

Union Pacific Track Inspection Car EC-4 makes a stop at Seacliff before resuming it's northbound trek pulled by UP ES44AC No.5311.

BNSF Units 6816 and 5161 brought a string of military flats to the Oxnard Railyard for loading at Port Hueneme Navy Base. The BNSF units sat in Oxnard until the LOF 65 local from Los Angeles to Ox... (more)

Loram Rail Grinder 319, ready's for the night's work on the Southern Pacific Coast line, after the last Amtrak Surfliner of the day clears the main.

Amtrak train 14, the Coast Starlight, rolls into the Southern Pacific Station as passengers watch and wait to begin their journey.

Now arriving in Santa Barbara at the restored Southern Pacific Station, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight to Seattle.

The hills are blooming from the rainfall of 2019, as the Gaud Local and it's string of Tanks pass the hillsides of Emma Wood State Park. It wasn't until the winter of 2022, 2023 that we had tha... (more)

After northbound Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner No. 777 passes, the northbound Guadalupe Hauler with a clean No.3033 leading leaves Seacliff Siding l

Fillmore and Western's Mothers Day Lunch Train stops short of the Semaphore signals at a station stop on the original coast route.

After setting out some tank cars at Suncor Energy, BNSF 3020 waits for the switch to be thrown to enter the Brush Sub Main.

Union Pacific No. 7979 with an eastbound mixed manifest, pulls to a stop at the crew change point at the Cheyenne Union Pacific Station.

After passing through Watsonville the triweekly Amtrak No. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, crosses over the north end of Elkhorn Slough at low tide.

ATSF 3752 rounds the curve into LAUPT on National Train Day. The 3751 will be on display today and then prepare for the trip to the Grand Canyon.

After descending the steep grade of the western slope of Cima hill, UP 4014 is greeted by a huge crowd at the restored Kelso Station and helper crew quarters. In the steam era Kelso was a helper ... (more)

The northbound Coast starlight crosses over the Stenner Creek Trestle after departing San Luis Obispo.