I chased the Coast Starlight detouring via Tehachapi Pass once again. This time, I chose slightly different locations, starting in Soledad Canyon, and finishing in...
The Tehachapi Mountains create a natural barrier between California's fertile San Joaquin Valley and the arid Mojave Desert. That barrier was breached 140 years ago...
Very seldom Amtrak's Coast Starlight can't travel along the California coast due to track work or derailments. This occurred in February 2012 and the train...