California Department of Transportation (CDTX) Dash 8-32BWH 2051 was built as Amtrak 501 in December 1991. (Oakland, California – February 20, 2018). Photographed on railroad property with pe... (more)

In the 1960s, my father sought out Santa Fe and Southern Pacific PAs whenever he was in California. Here, Southern Pacific #102, the eastbound City of San Francisco, is led by four PAs soon after... (more)

SN 661 pulls out of the spur at Rockridge so it can be at the rear for switching at 40th and Shafter. William T. Larkins photo.

West Coast Comets. Amtrak California acquired 14 Comet 1Bs from NJ TRANSIT in 2008 to accommodate its increased ridership. These cars had already been de-motorized from their original Arrow... (more)

Built in 1927, SN 661 descends the 4.6% grade into Oakland. Kenneth Clyde Jenkins photo from the collection of Robert Campbell, Sr.

Charging into the future. Amtrak/Amtrak California has taken delivery of new Siemens Venture coaches for testing. The semi-permanently coupled five car set represents the future of train travel fo... (more)

Webb Rail LLC - WEBX's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullman obs/diner/sleeper "Babbling Br... (more)

Sacramento Northern 440 in Oakland, CA. Looks like the engineer's name is Ken. Unknown photographer from my collection.

Oakland's MacArthur Station on the Bay Area Rapid Transit's system is a major transfer point. A Richmond to Fremont train, waits at MacArthur for a Pittsburg to Millbrae train in order to transfe... (more)

Western Pacific EMD GP7 high hood road switchers, engine numbers 701-713 built in 1952-53.

Amtrak California F59PHI 2005 sits in Amtrak's Oakland Maintenance Facility' servicing racks on February 20, 2018. CDTX 2006 was built by EMD in October 1994. Photographed on railroad propert... (more)

Amtrak MP14B 590 switches cars at the carrier's Oakland Maintenance Facility on February 20, 2018. AMTK 590 was built by MPI in May 2010. Photographed on railroad property with permission and... (more)

UP SD70ACe 8757 leads a 5 unit engine move through Jack London Square heading from Milipitas to the Port of Oakland.

Amtrak train #715 has just departed the station at Oakland's Jack London Square, heading west street running down West Embacadero.