The Southbound Starlight heads into Edna Valley.

Auto racks head to the coast! The 5th unit out is BCOL 4618, now adorning CN colors.

Another 70 car empty autorack leaves San Luis Obispo in the afternoon. This train had some extra power already out of Milpitas but picked up two other units in SLO that came up on another repositi... (more)

Former SP 367 Accelerates out of San Luis Obispo. This former unit looks pretty good on home rails, considering the nearly 20 years of service and post merger with Union Pacific has done to it.

A UP work train sits in Tehachapi.

I saw UP 6311 leading the oilcans around Thanksgiving 2013, so it was a treat to this old piece of Southern Pacific leading an empty auto train down the Coastline two years later. The train is acc... (more)

The Southbound starlight snakes around the curves of The Cuesta grade.

Empty Autos heading down the Coastline.

Coast Starlight 11 winding down the Cuesta grade.

I Managed to catch both starlights and a Hi-railer while mountain biking on the Cuesta grade today. The hills are staring to turn to a golden brown as summer appears to be approaching as Coast Sta... (more)

The north bound Coast Starlight departs San Luis with AMTK 467, a unit from the Cascade transets of the Pacific Northwest.

This empty auto train stalled on the Cuesta Grade this afternoon requiring the assistance of the SLO helper pool. Some early EMDs descend the grade to a crew change at the depot.

Some run of the mill UP leaves slo. This train stalled on the Cuesta grade requiring the helpers at the right to couple on to the front and assist the train into the station. This traction delayed... (more)

The Watsonville pool power of SD59MXs have all stayed relatively un-tagged and clean over the last year.

Southbound empty autos