Amtrak train 11, the Coast Starlight, will be departing Seattle's King Street Station at 11:20 am, beginning its southbound 1,364-mile run to Los Angeles CA. Two consecutively numbers SDP40Fs, 556 and 557, are in charge of today's train. Each of these EMD diesels were built in April 1974. (Seattle, Washington – December 18, 1975). Douglas G. Walker Photograph, Craig Walker Collection
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With two sections of the Empire Builder, the Coast Starlight, Seattle, the Cascade Mountains, Columbia Valley and Puget Sound, Washington state offers rail buffs plenty of variety and beauty.
Running daily between Seattle and Los Angeles, this train offers running alongside the Pacific Ocean and through the Cascade Mountains. It has been one of Amtrak's long-distance success stories.
