Greeting the Coast Starlight which was running along a fast track tangent to 99E in the Willamette Valley.
Train 505, a weekend scheduled Portland to Eugene conveyance, cruises past a field between Jefferson and Millersburg, Oregon at about ten in the morning with the under-acclaimed "Mater" ... (more)
They say if you hang out long enough around the railroad you'll see just about anything. On the first weekend of 2004, the Coast Starlights met at the depot in Klamath Falls, Oregon. On the left, ... (more)
After a two hour wait, i was able to witness the future of passenger locomotives on a test train between Portland and Seattle. Built in 2016, the "Charger"locomotive was very quiet and pretty slee... (more)
In June 1999, Oregon DOT sent a Cascades Talgo set to Medford as a promotion for thruway bus service. Aside from a rare mileage excursion in 1996, it was the first public passenger train on the Si... (more)
Because of a derailment in the Cascades, the northbound Coast Starlight was going to terminate at Klamath Falls. On a cold morning before any buses arrived, Amtrak decided to wye the train at Texu... (more)
A derailment in the Oregon Cascades blocked Amtrak's Coast Starlight in August 2004. The coach passengers were bused from Sacramento. The first class section continued on to Klamath Falls, where b... (more)
In the comforting shade of a tree on a hot day, a little boy and his mom watch Amtrak’s Coast Starlight arrive at Salem, Oregon, on September 25, 2016.
Running late, the Coast Starlight nears Klamath Falls with Mt. Shasta in the background.
Northbound Coast Starlight #14 is a couple of hours late approaching Klamath Falls, OR
Southbound Amtrak clearing the signal at track speed. Peace to you as well Amtrak engineer!
The northbound Coast Starlight is seen here a few miles north of Klamath Falls running along Upper Klamath Lake,
A northbound Amtrak waits in the siding just south of Oregon City.
On a crisp autumn day in the Willamette Valley, Amtrak's Coast Starlight is captured rolling through an s-curve in the small town of Aurora on its way south to Los Angeles.
With his hand on the horn, the engineer of Amtrak's Cascades honks for a crossing along the UP Brooklyn Subdivision in the Willamette Valley.
