Southbound No.11, the coast Starlight, crosses over Elkhorn Slough which is the Elkhorn National Estuarine Research Reserve.

Amtrak no.11 the southbound Coast Starlight has just left the Jack London Station and rolls down the street on the Niles Sub. Jack London Square is named for the famed Jack London, an American nov... (more)

Racing the setting sun, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight approaches the sweeping curve at Camarillo as it nears the one hour mark from its final destination of Los Angeles Union Station.

The locals call it May Gray. During this time of year fog rolls in off the ocean and moves inland. Southbound No. 11 the Coast Starlight has a impressive lashup today. Along with the usual P42's a... (more)

Amtrak No. 14, the Coast Starlight, highballs westbound through the ranch lands of the Gaviota Coast west of Santa Barbara.

The coastal fog is rolling in over the hills by San Luis Obispo as a late Coast Starlight makes it's way over the Stenner Creek Viaduct.

The Northbound Coast Starlight crossing the Arroyo Hondo Bridge. The concrete highway bridge is a relic from the old Pacific Coast Highway.

Easing out of Price Canyon on a beautiful afternoon on California's central coast, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight slows as it approaches Grover Beach to meet its northbound counterpart as it ... (more)

Golden Hills in the Golden State

Amtrak's Coast Starlight is famed for its views of the Pacific Ocean. But even though the old Southern Pacific mainline veers inland a bit at... (more)

Heading for Cuesta Grade

Amtrak train #14, the northbound (westbound in Southern Pacific's timetable) Coast Starlight, departs San Luis Obispo, California, on July 1, 1976 (Am... (more)

Greeting the Coast Starlight which was running along a fast track tangent to 99E in the Willamette Valley.

Having completed its battle up Cuesta Pass, AMTK 164 leads Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, downgrade and into Santa Margarita. At this point on the Coast Subdivision, the railroad moves... (more)

As a trio of cows live up to the "happy cows come from California" moto, Amtrak 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, drops downgrade off Cuesta Pass through the rolling green hills and in... (more)

Crossing the over 100 year old viaduct spanning the banks of the Santa Margarita river, Amtrak 11 hustles toward the river's namesake town as it approaches Cuesta Pass.

Strolling through Jack London Square in the morning light, Amtrak 11 approaches the station prior to being chased down by an Oakland yard switch crew with the private car "Montana" to add to the r... (more)