Freshly painted CDTX2052 is working on point of a westbound Capitol on it's second day of service after returning to the Bay Area. Amtrak in California send its units to a locomotive painting cont... (more)

Grab shot of the UP2001 passing by in East Oakland cruising south on the Coast Line with a real destination of L.A. (LATC) not Long Beach.

Special painted and sooty UP SD70M UP2001 (done for the Salt Lake City 2002 Summer Olympics) leads a baretable empty intermodal train down the start of the coast line at Elmhurst.

I lied, this is the official last shot of the day! At Soda Springs, the Silver Solarium with sister CA Zephyr cars make up for one attractive train.

The last CZ Special shot of the day (with to the boss calling me back to Oakland) is at Soda Springs.

The lowest elevation snow still present from this past winter's storms is seen at just above the mainline at Emigrant Gap as the CZ special grinds uphill towards Donner.

WP806A is digging into the curve between Secret Town and Magra that turns under the I-80 highway.

The WP806A with CA Zephyr Special at uphill maximum track speed comes out into filtered overcast light at Clipper Gap.

The WP806A with the Trains Unlimited CA Zephyr Special is seen through a tunnel at Clipper Gap ascending the foothills to the Sierra Mountains.

The WP806A leading the Trains Unlinited CA Zephyr Special passes a UP work train occupying the Newcastle high track (right). The train is headed eastward up towards Donner.

The classy Silver Solarium brings up the rear of the CA Zephyr passing Roseville.

The Trains Unlinited CA Zephyr Recreation special highballs Roseville Station. A few railfans are caught in action doing their thing on the station platform.

The WP806A with restored M-5 horn blaring, highballs the Emeryville Station leading the Trains Unlimited recreation of the California Zephyr.

The Trains Unlimited/Amtrak sponsored California Zephyr rounds the bend just north (RR east) of the Carquinez Strait Martinez-Benecia bridge.

With left hand tending to the five chime horn and right hand waving to the photographer, infamous Amtrak engineer Phil Gosney departs Emeryville Station with the Trains Unlimited recreation of the... (more)