Climbing trough Chorro on the Cuesta Grade, Amtrak no. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight, leaves San Luis Obispo.

Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight to Seattle crosses the trestle over Gaviota State Park along the Gaviota Coastline.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight, train number 14, is climbing the grade out of Los Angeles through Santa Susanna Pass. Leading train 14 today is Amtrak's P42DC heritage unit number 156. 156 is painted in... (more)

Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight is seen exiting tunnel 5 ½ in California's Salinas valley. P42DC 198 is one of the few Genesis locomotives to retain its angular as built headlight configurati... (more)

Now arriving in Santa Barbara at the restored Southern Pacific Station, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coast Starlight to Seattle.

Running nearly 3 hours late (due to a 17-hour late #11 and the need to cobble together another set of equipment from the yard), Amtrak's Coast Starlight nears the former CP Lockheed with the Burba... (more)

Amtrak train 14, the northbound ("westbound" by Southern Pacific's timetable) Coast Starlight is just about at the station in San Luis Obispo, California, on July 2, 1974. Amtrak... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Daylight climbs the 2% Cuesta Grade just north of SLO.

Amtrak's Coast Daylight climbs the 2% Cuesta Grade just north of SLO.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight 14 crosses Portland's Steel Bridge on May 9, 2009. This is a unique lift bridge because the rail deck rises within the upper deck and then the upper deck lifts. Meanwhil... (more)

It is a 100+ degree day in and around the Los Angeles area. It is also Saturday. And you can bet, every single beach from Ventura onward has run out of parking, as families and friends alike flock... (more)

Having only been in Oregon for a few minutes, Amtrak 14 races along at track speed headed for its station stop in Klamath Falls with a pair of remarkably clean P42DC units. Also worth noting - 140... (more)

Northbound Amtrak No.14 Coast Starlight, with a lot of deep blue background roll along the Gaviota Coast, after crossing the Gaviota Trestle, on the scenic UP Coast - Santa Barbara Subdivision ...... (more)

A twelve-car northbound Coast Starlight on detour through Tehachapi Pass rounds a curve after exiting Tunnel 2, showing the full length of the train. Private car Tioga Pass is bringing up the rear... (more)

The Tioga Pass brings up the markers on northbound No. 14 The Coast Starlight. Detouring off the Coast Route due to Tunnel work being done in the Chatsworth area, Amtrak No. 14 the northbound Coa... (more)