Heading southbound on competitor rails, BNSF 4417 glides past Summerland with baretables in tow.

An early Coast Starlight pulls into Santa Barbara with a heritage unit in second position. The train had to wait until its scheduled departure time before leaving.

Amtrak 184 leads the northbound Coast Starlight into Santa Barbara.

Union Pacific's ODOWP eases down the #2 track at Santa Barbara as a Southbound Pacific Surfliner had just finished its station stop and is about to resume its afternoon journey down the coast to L... (more)

The gangs of Santa Barbara stroll the platform as a Pacific Surfliner to San Luis Obispo unloads. Actually, the kids to the left there were a lot more threatening in real life than they appear in ... (more)

A local from Guadalupe rolls over the Gaviota Trestle in the last light of day.

The Transcontinental Steam excursion is seen heading out of Santa Barbara on its way up the Coast

Removal of Southern Pacific's old searchlight signals continues along the Santa Barbara Sub. Sunset seems appropriate to define the closing of this era...

A northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner to Goleta passes the East Beach flood control channel of Laguna Creek. This cobble-lined stream channel was built by the Works Progress Adminstristration (WPA... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surliner F59PHI is on the point of northbound Pacific Surfliner train # 763, as it slows down for Santa Barbara station.

The wonderful viewing porch at the Santa Barbara Zoo has been closed, but you can still sneak a view of the westbound Coast Starlight if you look between the trees. The tracks are the Union Pacifi... (more)

A westbound intermodul is seen at Gaviota

Oil cans roll southbound along the Santa Barbara Subdivision between Gaviota and Refugio.

Pacific Surfliner ready to depart for San Luis Obisbo