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The US Rail Journeys – Coast Starlight part 1 episode starts in the Financial District of San Francisco where our traveller waits for the Amtrak Thruway bus. It will take him to Emeryville to board the famous Coast Starlight.
He arrives at Emeryville and hears the sounds of the railway station. There are trains passing through whilst he waits to board the Coast Starlight. The Coast Starlight runs daily, each way, between Los Angeles and Seattle.
This is our traveller’s first Amtrak long distance train. When he finds his Roomette he talks about the stations that the train will pass through during the night. He then stretches out on his bed and falls asleep.
On waking in the morning he opens the curtains to a beautiful dawn. He joins others for breakfast in the dining car. Meals are included in the ticket price when taking a Roomette. Our traveller sits at a table for four and eats with the changing scenery passing the window whilst travelling north.
The train passes through beautiful countryside reaching Klamath Falls station and then Klamath Lake and then on past Mount Mcloughlin in the Cascade range.
During the journey he interviews a fellow traveller who comes from Basingstoke (UK); only 20 miles from where our traveller lives!
Join us next week in episode 4 for the second part of the Coast Starlight journey through this amazingly beautiful country.
Full size copies of the photographs taken by MrT are available from Flickr, Facebook and some through Instagram.
The MrT uses Steam Railway as the theme tune under licence from AKM Music.
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