Amtrak train # 14 "Coast Starlight" with PC42DC # 198 and # 207 on the ascent to Cuesta Summit near San Louis Obispo. The train rolled over the Stenner creek viaduct (foreground) exactly... (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.
As morning clouds slowly clear, the northbound Coast Starlight navigates through the never-ending curves along the flanks of Mount Shasta between Hotlum and Andesite.
VBZ historic two-axle motor tram 176 beside the old tram depot, used as museum for historic trams. This is the youngest car in the museum to retain longitudinal seating.