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The Coast Starlight -

Take a trip of a lifetime on one of Amtrak's most scenic trains


The following pictures gives you a small taste of what you can expect to see outside the window of the Coast Starlight, which runs from Los Angeles to Seattle, en route visiting such cities as Portland, Ore., Salem, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., San Francisco, Oakland, Calif., San Jose, Calif., and Santa Barbara, Calif.

Along the route, the train hugs the shore of the Pacific Ocean, rolls through America's salad bowl in the Salinas Valley, rolls along the San Fransisco Bay between San Jose and Oakland, crosses rivers, traverses spectacular mountain and forest areas in the northern California Sierras.

Wake up on your journey north to a view of Mount Shasta illuminated in the pre-dawn light.  Run through southern Oregon's beautiful forests and mountain ranges. Parallel a major lake and river as you head north to Portland. Cross the Columbia River and speed to Seattle, one of America's most progressive cities.

These are only the beginning of pictures of the famed train. More will be added in the future. Click on thumbnail images for larger views..

 In_Oregon_south_of_Salem

                     
       

 

     
At Klamath Falls, Ore.                      
                     
                       

Mount Shasta

                     
                       
                       
Northern California, near Mt. Shasta & Dunsmuir                      
       

     
                       
                       
Sacramento                      
                     
                       
                       

San Francisco Bay area

                     
                 
                       
                       

Famous horseshoe curves north of San Luis Obispo

                     
               
                       
                 
                       

Pacific coast line - viewable only from the train in many places

                     
                   
                       
Santa Susanna Pass & Chatsworth tunnels                      
train enters the Simi Valley area                      
                       
                 
                       
                 
                       
                       
               
                       
                 
                       
                       
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal                      
                     


 

Coast Starlight train, schedule & route information

More Amtrak & train travel information (route guides, trip reports, etc.)

 

Coast Starlight and Pacific Surfliner discussion group/

Coast Starlight discussion group

 

 

All photos except those marked * by Doug Ohlemeier. 

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