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By:Lucas Connor
Dates:6/29/2017 - 10/6/2022
Album Info:The Coast Line is California's primary passenger rail artery. Built by Southern Pacific in the late 1800s, the route is now owned by Union Pacific. From San Luis Obispo to Moorpark, the tracks are owned by UP as their Santa Barbara Subdivision, and Metrolink owns the remainder of the line into Los Angeles. Album includes images from San Luis Obispo to Moorpark
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Amtrak 186
Title:  Amtrak 186
Description:  P42DC 186 is the second unit on Amtrak #11 as it departs San Luis Obispo. 186 was built in 2001 by GE, and was involved in a collision in mid-August of 2005, the dent from which it carried for the next year.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 5/2/2022 12:00:23 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 186(P42DC)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
AMTK 32028
Title:  AMTK 32028
Description:  Amtrak 32028 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 1:59:35 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 186(P42DC)
Views:  72   Comments: 0
AMTK 32011
Title:  AMTK 32011
Description:  Amtrak 32011 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 1:53:27 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  111   Comments: 0
AMTK 38046 (Remnants of Phase IV paint)
Title:  AMTK 38046 (Remnants of Phase IV paint)
Description:  Amtrak 38046 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo. Note the SUPERLINER and Dining Car lettering above the red stripes from when the car was painted in Phase IV paint.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:02:04 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  105   Comments: 0
AMTK 34508
Title:  AMTK 34508
Description:  Amtrak 34508 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo. Note the SUPERLINER logo above the red stripes from when the car was painted in Phase IV paint.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:02:39 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  67   Comments: 0
AMTK 33015
Title:  AMTK 33015
Description:  Amtrak 33015 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:03:17 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  59   Comments: 0
AMTK 34114
Title:  AMTK 34114
Description:  Amtrak 34114 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:06:57 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  61   Comments: 0
AMTK 31046
Title:  AMTK 31046
Description:  Amtrak 31046 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:08:05 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  77   Comments: 0
AMTK 61009
Title:  AMTK 61009
Description:  Amtrak 61009 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:08:41 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  98   Comments: 0
Amtrak #11 Departs SLO
Title:  Amtrak #11 Departs SLO
Description:  The southbound Coast Starlight departs the crew change point at San Luis Obispo. P42s 28 and 186 lead the train.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:09:40 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Station,Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 28(P42DC) AMTK 186(P42DC)
Views:  135   Comments: 0
SP 358973
Title:  SP 358973
Description:  SP 358973 has received a new coat of paint at the San Luis Obispo Railroad Museum. The car was built in 1949 as a general service gondola, and was rebuilt in the late 50s with extended sides for use as a beet gon. The car operated for another 30 years before being retired in the early 90s, at which point it was acquired by the Western Railway Museum, who donated it to SLORRM in 2018.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 12/13/2021 8:56:25 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  46   Comments: 0
Southern Pacific 1886
Title:  Southern Pacific 1886
Description:  SP 1886 was bult in 1972 by ICC. The caboose operated for nearly 20 years, serving its last days on the Lompoc local. The museum purchased the caboose in 1996 from a salvager, and completed interior restoration in September, 2016.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 11/16/2021 9:51:12 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Track
Locomotives:  QMC 2038(20-ton)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
QMC 2038
Title:  QMC 2038
Description:  Not far from the Amtrak station in San Luis Obispo is a railroad museum, The museum owns several pieces of local railroad equpment, including this Plymouth switcher. The unit was built in April 1941 for the US Amry, who assigned the engine to switching duties at Camp Roberts, about 14 miles north of Paso Robles. After World War II, the unit was sold as surplus to a construction firm in Sacramento in late 1948, leaving in 1952 for a quarry in Shingle Springs. After changing owners several more times, the unit came to SLO in September 2018, where it currently resides.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/28/2021 9:58:43 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  QMC 2038(20-ton)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Amtrak #14 NB Coast Starlight
Title:  Amtrak #14 NB Coast Starlight
Description:  Amtrak P42s 51 and 14, with a fresh crew, lead the northbound Coast Starlight over Monterey Street in San Luis Obispo. The train was running over an hour late when it arrived at the crew change point.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:22:17 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 51(P42DC) AMTK 14(P42DC)
Views:  106   Comments: 0
Amtrak 14
Title:  Amtrak 14
Description:  Amtrak 14 is the second unit on todays northbound Coast Starlight. Three days later, I would catch the unit again approximately 20 miles north of here in Atascadero.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:22:52 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 14(P42DC)
Views:  111   Comments: 0
Amtrak 32056
Title:  Amtrak 32056
Description:  Amtrak 32056 on Train #14 NB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo (Monterey Street).
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:23:51 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  104   Comments: 0
AMTK 32039
Title:  AMTK 32039
Description:  Amtrak 32039 on Train #14 NB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo (Monterey Street).
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:26:03 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  102   Comments: 0
AMTK 38040
Title:  AMTK 38040
Description:  Amtrak 38040 on Train #14 NB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo (Monterey Street).
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:26:52 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  47   Comments: 0
AMTK 34510
Title:  AMTK 34510
Description:  Amtrak 34510 on Train #14 NB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo (Monterey Street). Note the SUPERLINER lettering above the red stripes from when the car was painted in Phase IV paint.
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 10/10/2021 2:27:23 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  63   Comments: 0
AMTK 33000
Title:  AMTK 33000
Description:  Amtrak 33000 on Train #14 NB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo (Monterey Street).
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 11/11/2021 12:57:18 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  45   Comments: 0
AMTK 34034
Title:  AMTK 34034
Description:  Amtrak 34034 on Train #14 NB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo (Monterey Street).
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 11/11/2021 12:59:19 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  61   Comments: 0
AMTK 34093
Title:  AMTK 34093
Description:  Amtrak 34093 on Train #14 NB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo (Monterey Street).
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 11/11/2021 12:59:56 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  65   Comments: 0
AMTK 61021
Title:  AMTK 61021
Description:  Amtrak 61021 on Train #14 NB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo (Monterey Street).
Photo Date:  10/5/2021  Upload Date: 11/11/2021 1:00:35 PM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger,Action
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Views:  45   Comments: 0
Empty Platform at SLO
Title:  Empty Platform at SLO
Description:  The station at San Luis Obispo is quiet on an overcast Monday in April. It will still be a hour or so before the northbound and southbound Coast Starlights arrive to change crews. The covered walkway over the tracks is a good vantage point to view the tracks. The Southern Pacific Railroad reached San Luis Obispo in 1894, but it would be another 6 years before the line was finished to Los Angeles. SLO became a crew-change point for SP trains northbound and southbound, complete with a small yard and engine facilities. All taht is gone, however, and all that remains is the 1943 station and the water tower, moved to the north end of the station.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/23/2022 12:11:21 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Station,Track
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Views:  31   Comments: 0
Charger 2113
Title:  Charger 2113
Description:  Pacific Surfliner 2113 rests at San Luis Obispo. The engine had arrived on northbound train #761 at 12:39 PM, and moved to the storage track on the other side of the main. After a layover, the equipment will return to Los Angeles on train #794 southbound.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 6/26/2022 2:19:48 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  CDTX 2113(SC-44)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
AMTK 6806
Title:  AMTK 6806
Description:  Amtrak 6806 (Pacific Surfliner) at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 12/27/2022 12:02:58 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
SLO Starlights
Title:  SLO Starlights
Description:  Passengers board the northbound and southbound Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo. The northbound (left) arrived 20 minutes late at 3:18 PM, while the southbound (right) arrived 25 minutes early at 2:59 PM. Note that trash bags from the southbound train are left on the platform. After both trains depart, cleaning personnel will pick up the bags and dispose of them. Both trains will depart once they have changed crews.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/13/2022 12:02:31 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 79(P42DC)
Views:  122   Comments: 0
AMTK 34095
Title:  AMTK 34095
Description:  Amtrak 34095 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead NB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 6/27/2022 1:18:04 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  52   Comments: 0
CDTX 6351
Title:  CDTX 6351
Description:  Pacific Surfliner 6351 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead NB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 6/27/2022 1:20:17 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  50   Comments: 0
CDTX 6452
Title:  CDTX 6452
Description:  Pacific Surfliner 6452 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead NB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 6/27/2022 1:21:03 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  58   Comments: 0
AMTK 6413
Title:  AMTK 6413
Description:  Amtrak 6413 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead NB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/17/2022 12:13:07 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  63   Comments: 0
AMTK 6903
Title:  AMTK 6903
Description:  Amtrak 6903 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead NB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/17/2022 12:14:11 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  43   Comments: 0
Pacific Surfliner Deadhead
Title:  Pacific Surfliner Deadhead
Description:  Amtrak 6903 leads a set of Pacific Surfliner equipment into a storage track at SLO. 6903 is one of 66 Surfliner cars built between 1998 and 2001. These cars introduced the "Pacific Surfliner" branding, and are often supplemented by traditional Amtrak Superliners. This deadhead set of equipment consists of five Surfliners, a Superliner fifth from the front, and SC-44 2113 as power.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/18/2022 12:03:42 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CDTX 2113(SC-44)
Views:  161   Comments: 0
AMTK 6903
Title:  AMTK 6903
Description:  Amtrak 6903 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead SB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/19/2022 12:12:24 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  58   Comments: 0
AMTK 6413
Title:  AMTK 6413
Description:  Amtrak 6413 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead SB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/19/2022 12:14:10 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  97   Comments: 0
CDTX 6452
Title:  CDTX 6452
Description:  Pacific Surfliner 6452 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead SB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/19/2022 12:15:12 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
CDTX 6351
Title:  CDTX 6351
Description:  Pacific Surfliner 6351 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead SB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/21/2022 12:19:46 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  45   Comments: 0
AMTK 34095
Title:  AMTK 34095
Description:  Amtrak 34095 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead SB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/21/2022 12:21:13 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  57   Comments: 0
AMTK 6806
Title:  AMTK 6806
Description:  Amtrak 6806 on Pacific Surfliner deadhead SB at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/21/2022 12:22:47 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
Amtrak 180 Southbound
Title:  Amtrak 180 Southbound
Description:  Amtrak 180 leads the southbound Coast Starlight into track 2 at San Luis Obispo. The Starlight will meet its northbound counterpart here, and take on a new crew for the remainder of the run to Los Angeles. Two P42DCs lead the train, the 180 and the 79. These units were built by GE in the late 1990s-early 2000s
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/20/2022 12:00:42 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Station,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 180(P42DC) AMTK 79(P42DC)
Views:  104   Comments: 0
AMTK 32097
Title:  AMTK 32097
Description:  Amtrak 32097 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/22/2022 12:27:11 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  42   Comments: 0
AMTK 32063
Title:  AMTK 32063
Description:  Amtrak 32063 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/22/2022 12:28:38 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  71   Comments: 0
AMTK 38060
Title:  AMTK 38060
Description:  Amtrak 38060 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/22/2022 12:29:38 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  37   Comments: 0
AMTK 34512
Title:  AMTK 34512
Description:  Amtrak 34512 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/24/2022 12:04:28 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  59   Comments: 0
AMTK 33034
Title:  AMTK 33034
Description:  Amtrak 33034 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/24/2022 12:09:04 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  50   Comments: 0
AMTK 34085
Title:  AMTK 34085
Description:  Amtrak 34085 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/24/2022 12:10:14 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  44   Comments: 0
AMTK 31007
Title:  AMTK 31007
Description:  Amtrak 31007 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/26/2022 12:11:55 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger,Action
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Views:  61   Comments: 0
AMTK 34085
Title:  AMTK 34085
Description:  Amtrak 34085 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/26/2022 12:13:03 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  46   Comments: 0
AMTK 32097
Title:  AMTK 32097
Description:  Amtrak 32097 on Train #11 SB Coast Starlight at San Luis Obispo.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/28/2022 12:43:34 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Passenger
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Views:  52   Comments: 0
Coast Starlight #11 Power
Title:  Coast Starlight #11 Power
Description:  The power for Coast Starlight #11 idles as it waits for a crew change at San Luis Obispo. #11 was over 20 minutes ahead of schedule, so it would have to wait a while before being cleared to depart. The new crew will take the train to its final destination of Los Angeles. Amtrak 79 and 180 are General Electric P42DCs, built for Amtrak in 1997 and 2001 respectively.
Photo Date:  4/11/2022  Upload Date: 5/27/2022 12:09:09 AM
Location:  San Luis Obispo, CA
Author:  Lucas Connor
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 79(P42DC) AMTK 180(P42DC)
Views:  90   Comments: 0


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