Standard Cab Power returns to Cuesta as the last Cuesta Guadalupe re route from the Narlon bridge replacement heads to McKay

UP 4101 & UP 1139 with 29 cars in tow descend Cuesta Pass near the second horseshoe at Serrano

UP 4101 & UP 1139 with 29 cars in tow descend Cuesta Pass at CP S. Serrano

Near Serrano on Cuesta's second lesser known horseshoe, UP 4101 descends the 2% grade with 29 cars in tow

The last Coast Starlight before the two week Narlon bridge closure passes by the SP era Searchlight & Dwarf at S. Serrano

UP 4101 and UP 1139 descend Cuesta Pass under the cantilever signal bridge at N. Serrano

AMTK 36 on point of the southbound starlight at the south end of Serrano siding

In the late afternoon on June 27, 2021, AMTK 161, one of the new 50th Anniversary painted units leads the northbound Coast Starlight 14 over Cuesta Pass.

AMTK 206 passes under the last signal bridge on the Coastline

AMTK 2 Approaches the S. Serrano switch on Cuesta Pass

Cuesta's Second Horseshoe Curve. Little known to many, Cuesta Pass includes two horseshoe curves. The first is the more photogenic and photographed Goldtree Horseshoe Curve located between ... (more)

Amtrak 11, the southbound Coast Starlight, drops downgrade into South Serrano as it passes a pair of searchlight signals still standing guard. One of the first places on the Southern Pacific syste... (more)

With the thick marine layer still shrouding Chorro and the San Luis Obispo Valley UP 7619 peaks around the curve leading to the 'little horseshoe', catching the first rays of the morning.