A UP special train with the Boy Scout unit heads out of the Silicon Valley.

The Roseville to San Jose freight rolls by the salt ponds full of brine shrimp at Alviso.

A Surfliner in push-mode accelerates away from Fullerton. If you are into Rock N' Roll, check out the Slidebar Cafe across the parking lot.

Southern Pacific 2472 crosses over a private grade crossing near Sunol.

Southern Pacific 2472 crosses the Farwell bridge.

Southern Pacific 2472 gleams in the morning light.

A very late southbound Coast Starlight with a UP GEVO on the point stops at Coyote for water....Just kidding!

This is the second time I have caught Amtrak 131 on the point of the southbound Coast Starlight. My co-worker boarded the train at the San Jose station, so I figured I'd get a picture of her first... (more)

SP 2472 leads a set of three Harriman cars near Brightside on a photographers' special for Labor Day weekend.

The photographers' special nears Sunol after picking up a bunch of excursion cars at Brightside Yard.

Up close shot of the power of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train on the Vasona Branch.

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train is being stored on the Vasona Branch in Campbell, Ca. while the circus is in San Jose. The train has been split into several pieces to avoid blo... (more)

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus train is being stored on the Vasona Branch in Campbell, Ca. while the circus is in San Jose. This is a section of the train that has been split to avo... (more)

A pair of Fathers with their young sons admire the old CF7 outside the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.

SP 2472 on its first excursion in 5 years rounds a curve between Brightside and Sunol.