{"id":16416,"date":"2016-08-12T05:01:30","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T09:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=16416"},"modified":"2016-08-08T13:07:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T17:07:47","slug":"amtraks-coast-starlight-along-the-pacific-coast-august-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/amtraks-coast-starlight-along-the-pacific-coast-august-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak\u2019s Coast Starlight along the Pacific Coast\u2014August 2016."},"content":{"rendered":"

Back in 1994, I\u2019d made a project of Southern Pacific\u2019s famous Coast Line <\/em>focusing on the line between Watsonville Junction and Santa Barbara, California.<\/p>\n

Traffic was sparse compared with other SP mainlines. Yet there were 2-3 through freights in each direction daily, plus Amtrak numbers 11 and 14\u2014the Coast Starlight.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Last week, I decided to revisit Gaviota, California to make photos of the Coast Starlight.<\/em> I often require images of this popular train as illustrations in books and magazines, and my 1994 Kodachrome slides are now a bit dated.<\/p>\n

However sparse through freight was on the Coast in 1994, it was busier then than now. I neither saw nor heard of any Union Pacific trains on the move during my exploration, and the only active UP presence I noted was that of a passing HyRail truck and a track gang.<\/p>\n

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Looking Southern Pacific timetable east (Union Pacific direction south\u2014and never you mind the compass) Amtrak’s Seattle-bound Coast Starlight works\u00a0along the Pacific Coast on the bluffs above Gaviota. Exposed using a FujiFilm X-T1 digital camera in August 2016. SP’s\u00a0Daylight look especially fine here.\u00a0<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Amtrak 14 was on time and the pleasant mix of sun and coastal mist made for a nicely lit scene that captures the spirit of this supremely scenic run.<\/p>\n

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Back in 1994, I\u2019d made a project of Southern Pacific\u2019s famous Coast Line focusing on the line between Watsonville Junction and Santa Barbara, California. Traffic was sparse compared with other SP mainlines. Yet there were 2-3 through freights in each direction daily, plus Amtrak numbers 11 and 14\u2014the Coast Starlight. \u00a0Last week, I decided to … Continue reading Amtrak\u2019s Coast Starlight along the Pacific Coast\u2014August 2016.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[3786,4537,31,3744,3745,3746,42,282],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Amtrak_No14_Coast_Starlight_at_Gaviota_DSCF1879.jpg?fit=2449%2C1633","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-4gM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16416"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16417,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16416\/revisions\/16417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}