Running from Seattle to Los Angeles, the Coast Starlight route passes snowy mountains, sunny valleys, and stunning coastline.

Before the establishment of Amtrak in 1971, no passenger rail service ran the entire length of the West Coast, meaning that travelers had to either drive along the coast or take a flight to their ...

I traveled five hours on the Amtrak Coast Starlight from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo. I traveled through California by train in February. One unexpected highlight of my trip was the five-hour ...

LOS ANGELES — It was late Friday night and we were scouring the usual sites touting the top things to do in Los Angeles. Uninspired by our options and facing a long weekend without obligations, my ...

There’s a quiet shift happening on the West Coast. Fewer people are rushing to the airport for a two-hour hop between Los ...

2006-08-08 04:00:00 PDT Sacramento-- Alma Jones thought the solution to her fear of flying was the Coast Starlight, a roomy, comfortable passenger train that boasts breathtaking mountain and coastal ...

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