Passing the remains of the Southern Pacific's once bustling roundhouse, Amtrak 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, hustles out of San Luis Obispo for the remainder of its trip to Los Angeles.
Beginning the climb up Cuesta Pass, Amtrak's northbound Coast Starlight, carrying a pair of Amtrak California units, crosses Stenner Creek trestle as it approaches the Gold Tree horseshoe curve. T... (more)
The Coast Starlight glides along Puget Sound at Steilacoom, south of Tacoma, WA on a sunny April day. Amtrak continues to use this route after their December 2017 derailment of a Cascades service ... (more)