The last SP "Coast Daylight" Train #98 leaves Palo Alto on its way to Los Angeles on the eve of Amtrak.
Ready to leave Washington with the New York section of the "Southern Crescent". Trespassing? Yep.
Train #98 the Coast Daylight at San Jose
"San Diegan" ready to head North to Los Angeles.
Climbing at Snowflake Junction on the way to Holbrook, AZ. Lead unit is ex-L&N #1305.
Stopped at Tracy
Pulling in SP's 16th St. Station to pick their first passengers for the trip down The Valley to L.A.
On the way back to the Woss with a train of empties, #301 is crossing the Steel Creek Bridge.
The slide is undated, but the power and consist are indicative of having been in the first few weeks of Amtrak. All the cars appear to be Espee tomato cans.
The Permanente job is turning across Winchester Blvd. and onto the line up to Permanente.
The two GP9's are backing into the SP Cahill St. station in San Jose to couple up to their San Francisco bound commute.
The SP "odd ball" 6462 was a former Cotton Belt locomotive one painted in Daylight colors and numbered 330. It came west in 1960 as 306 and renumbered to 6462. It ha no dynamics of fro... (more)
Heading home to Cheyenne after trip to the Bay Area
Two F-M switchers at College Park in San Jose.
Entering Newhall yard with a string of open auto racks.