All calm and still during the EMY station stop. This being before the 7200 HP pushing four passenger cars acceleratesoff the station platform like crazy north towards Sacramento!

B*NS*F "From palm trees to marshlands" - hey that could be the new BNSF slogan as the first true Transcontinental RR!

If NS and BNSF do merge, they outta teach their crewmembers how to shut locomotive cab nose doors!!!

Like Skittles, "Taste the Rainbow" of mergers. Rumors are everywhere about NS and BNSF merging, Here is a perfect example of what we might see for transcontinental lash-ups over the next few years... (more)

A rainbow possible new merger light power lash-up comes up and off the UP Cal-P mainline over the I-580 freeway. Light power headed back from the OIG Oakland yard to Richmond.

The broken drawbar with makeshift "sling" to keep it from dragging during the set-out move just over three miles ahead of the break location.

Lease SD40R GCFX3102 (ex-SP7369, ex-SP8455) leads a former sister SP SD40M-2 and a UP dash-9 across San Lorenzo Creek on the San Leandro / San Lorenzo city borders.

A broken drawbar helped set up ths un-planned shot. Power was rebuild leaser SD40R GCFX3102 (ex-SP7369, ex-SP8455), SD40M-2 SP8579 (ex-CNW 968) and C44-9W UP9665 (ex-CNW8601). Three units on a UP ... (more)

Train is back up to trackspeed accelerating towars Roseville at the Stege signal bridges

Rounding the bend on the main bypassing West Oakland yard crossing into DS62 territory. That is the old SP Car Shop (Diesel Shop) in the background

nice to have an ex-SP SD45T-2 carbody trailing behind with UP2850 second (ex-SP6858, ex-SP9307) A former SP GP38-2, UP605 (ex-SP4844), was trailing fifth in the lash-up offline

Still streetrunning...

Warbonnets make JLS streetrunning fun!

The BNSF133 north at CP strong just south of Oakland's Jack London Square. Nice to get an all warbonnet lash-up again with a sexy somewhat clean GP60M on point!

Roster shot of the logo-less all-green nose of BNSF 6356 (nose repainted recently?)