Jack London. One of the more famous stretches of actual Class I Railroad street running in the United States is in Oakland, California. Since the days of Southern Pacific team, both passeng... (more)

Sitting in Western Pacific’s Middle Harbor Yard, considered the westernmost part of the WP system (because the WP’s San Francisco trackage was only accessible by ferry) is the power off, most ... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight cruises northbound through Oakland's Jack London Square, with heritage unit #160 in the lead. This is the first time this locomotive has passed through the Bay Area wearin... (more)

A Brook And A Box. On the night of Saturday, July 25, 2020, former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullman obs/diner/sleeper "Babbling Brook" (WEBX 800007) was parked in the Amtrak Yar... (more)

A weekend Amtrak California train passes two stored dash-8s in Oakland. The last time i recall these units being used was during the aftermath of the Montecito Fire in 2018. Heavy rains following ... (more)

Today ex-Zephyr FP7A 805-D and two F-units are rolling a 58 car freight west-bound near Oakland, California on March 10, 1970. From my slide collection, no photographer's name on slide.

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 ... (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.