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The engineer hangs out the door of 116 for some fresh air as the baggage car is frantically loaded and unloaded.
March 20, 1998 |
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The Starlight is a busy train today. It is the beginning of Spring Break for Cal Poly students, and many take the train home.
March 20, 1998 |
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When the man in this photo asked this attendant to snap a photo of he and his family in front of their sleeping car, she gladly did it for them.
March 20, 1998 |
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UP 9438 waits its turn while the northbound Starlight finishes up at San Luis Obispo.
March 31, 1998 |
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The southbound Starlight crawls past Cal Poly's agricultural science area with slow orders, most likely due to the fresh layer of untamped ballast piled high between the rails.
April 1998 |
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The Starlight (with P42DC 120 in the lead) stops underneath the pedestrian bridge in San Luis Obispo on its way to LA.
April 18, 1998 |
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The southbound Starlight stretches out across Stenner Creek Trestle.
April 22, 1998 |
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A few seconds later the train twists into a backwards "S" shape while navigating two curves.
April 22, 1998 |
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Just minutes later, the northbound Starlight sqeaks past Chorro Siding behind and up above Stenner Creek Trestle.
April 22, 1998 |
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At the end of Chorro Siding the train encounters the first of five tunnels it will pass through in Cuesta Pass.
April 22, 1998 |
