Amtrak's Sunset Limited Picture Page

Take a trip of a lifetime on one of Amtrak's most scenic trains

The following pictures gives you a small taste of what you can expect to see outside the window of the Coast Starlight, which runs from Los Angeles to Seattle, en route visiting such cities as Portland, Ore., Salem, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., San Francisco, Oakland, Calif., San Jose, Calif., and Santa Barbara, Calif.

Along the route, the train hugs the shore of the Pacific Ocean, rolls through America's salad bowl in the Salinas Valley, rolls along the San Fransisco Bay between San Jose and Oakland, crosses rivers, traverses spectacular mountain and forest areas in the northern California Sierras.

Wake up on your journey north to a view of Mount Shasta illuminated in the pre-dawn light. Run through southern Oregon's beautiful forests and mountain ranges. Parallel a major lake and river as you head north to Portland. Cross the Columbia River and speed to Seattle, one of America's most progressive cities.

These are only the beginning of pictures of the famed train. More will be added in the future. Click on thumbnail images for larger views..

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At Klamath Falls, Ore.


Mount Shasta


Northern California, near Mt. Shasta & Dunsmuir



Sacramento



San Francisco Bay area



Famous horseshoe curves north of San Luis Obispo




Pacific coast line - viewable only from the train in many places


Santa Susanna Pass & Chatsworth tunnels
train enters the Simi Valley area











Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal