{"id":5572,"date":"2012-08-13T08:34:13","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T13:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polarbear60.org\/randr\/?p=5572"},"modified":"2023-03-28T09:24:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T14:24:01","slug":"photo-coast-starlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanschara.com\/pmtoo\/photo-coast-starlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo: Coast Starlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you may recall, we did the Grand Tour back in May.\u00a0 One leg of the trip was on Amtrak&#8217;s Coast Starlight.\u00a0 We experienced some lovely views along the California coastline as well as in the mountains further north.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12976\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCF1150-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"California Coastline\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12987\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCF1156-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"California Coastline\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12988\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCF1157-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"California Coastline\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12989\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCF1162-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"California Coastline\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then we got into Oregon and the mountain switchbacks where we had the pleasure of seeing the front of the train as it moved through some of the curves:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12991\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCF1277_2-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Front of train\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s how it looked on the GPS:<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-12990\" src=\"https:\/\/pmtoo.jeanschara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/DSCF1278-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"GPS of Oregon\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re planning a train trip on the west coast, you can&#8217;t go wrong with Amtrak&#8217;s flagship Coast Starlight.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; 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