Dropping down the Cuesta grade Amtrak no. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, crosses the Stenner Creek Trestle into San Luis Obispo.

A rare occurrence in 2020, Amtrak Dash 8 510 leads the Southbound Coast Starlight into LA. The train is drifting along the California coast North of Santa Barbara over the famous and often photogr... (more)

Word that AMTK 510 was still on the point of the Coast Starlight prompted a friend and I to make the drive from Los Angeles up to San Louis Obispo's Cuesta Pass to shoot the SP Searchlights at Cho... (more)

Running nearly 17 hours late, and with a heritage P42 leading one of the remaining P40s, Amtrak's #11 of the 20th is about to slam past the downtown Burbank platforms and then pass #14 as it final... (more)

Forty years ago probably Christmas time as the southbound coast train comes into SLO near Cal-Poly at Foothill Blvd.....

Just 187 miles into its 1377-mile journey from Seattle WA to Los Angeles CA, Amtrak train 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, departs Portland, Oregon’s Union Station after a crew change. ... (more)

Amtrak Coast Starlight departs San Luis Obispo California on time during it's trip down to Los Angeles.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight passes over the eastern end of the Santa Clara River Bridge and into Oxnard California with a Phase One Heritage paint scheme in the lead. Although from this angle this lo... (more)

Running a couple of minutes early, the Southbound Coast Starlight rounds the curve around collapsed and abandoned Tunnel 10 on Cuesta in San Luis Obispo.

Amtrak's Coast Daylight at Football Ave. near Cal-Poly southbound splitting the SP searchlight signals.

Amtrak No. 120 leads No. 11, the southbound Coast Starlight into the San luis Obispo SP station as Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight departs.

The meeting of the Coast Starlights at San Luis Obispo.

Southbound Amtrak No. 11 the Coast Starlight on the causeway across sloughs at the south end of San Francisco Bay. Next stop San Jose Diridon Station.

Amtrak No. 11 the southbound Coast Starlight Detours off the Coast Route at Oakland and runs over Altamont pass, and down the Fresno Sub to Tehachapi and on to Los Angeles due to Tunnel work being... (more)

Amtrak in Tehachapi. Due to MOW on the Coast Line, Amtrak's Coast Starlight took one of its rare detours through the scenic Tehachapi Pass, seen here winding through the curves near Calient... (more)