Catching the last rays of sunlight at Casmalia, Amtrak's southbound Coast Starlight hustles south with the last revenue run of the famed Pacific Parlour Cars sandwiched in the middle of this eveni... (more)
Twisting and turning toward the small town of Casmalia, Amtrak 1790 heads south for Los Angeles with the lower-level equipment along with the private cars Overland Trail, Pacific Trail and Acoma.
Slicing through the hills of Casmalia, Amtrak 1790 heads due west to rejoin the coast with the Los Angeles-based lower-level train-set making up the consist today.
A northbound autos train passes the abandon AIROX mine a few miles north of Casmalia. The furnace visible in the photo was built in 1918, and was used for extracting petroleum from oil shale quarr... (more)