Leaving the San Luis Obispo area behind it, southbound Amtrak train #11 heads toward Santa Barbara and Los Angeles on the ex-SP Coast Line on a warm July afternoon.

Amtrak No. 8, the eastbound Empire Builder rolls along the Wenatchee River after leaving Leavenworth station. Next stop Wenatchee in about 20 minutes.

The eastbound Capitol Limited crosses the Monocacy River as it heads toward Washington, DC, on a perfectly clear spring day.

Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight glides down Tehachapi Pass at Woodford during the September detours.

Due to track work on along the coast, Amtrak's Coast Starlight detour over the Tehachapi Mountains. AMTK 83 pulls the northbound Starlight down Tehachapi Pass as it approaches Tunnel 2 at Bealvill... (more)

Waiting for a new UP pilot, Amtrak #14, a reroute Amtrak Coast Starlight, gets ready to head north, through the Valley to Oakland.

Amtrak's detouring northbound Starlight is moments away from entering tunnel 19 at Soledad Canyon.

Amtrak's #14 makes a detoured run along Soledad Canyon as it's about to enter tunnel 19 along the old Saugus Line.

Amtrak 83 picks up speed on the stretch of railroad that parallels the Edison Highway.

Amtrak 83 negotiates the twists and turns that make up the backside of Tunnel 2.

UP's Mojave Sub dispatcher as all traffic on the hill tucked away for Amtrak's Northbound Starlight as it passes a Southbound BNSF general freight at Bealville.

Passing one of the few remaining searchlights still standing on UP's Mojave Sub, Amtrak's detouring Northbound Starlight passes on it's way to a crew change at Bakersfield.

After a crew change at UP's Bakersfield yard office at Baker Street, #14 is again on the move north as it smokes it up leaving town.

#14 rounds the curve at Caliente as it heads for the narrows and a quick run to Bakersfield. Note the Cascade unit being sent back north to Seattle.