Amtrak #6, the Eastbound California Zephyr approaching Pinole as it runs along San Pablo Bay. The #289 was, at one time, equipped with SP style icicle breakers but, by 1987, they had been removed.
Following the one time route of the narrow gauge, Amtak's Coast Starlight crosses Guadalupe Slough in Alviso (part of San Jose). A one time a much lower wooden trestle exised here and trains had t... (more)
The San Joaquin heading to Bakersfield. The E units only lasted a few weeks on this train and were soon replaced with ex-SP FP7's.
During 1978 the power short SP leased a fleet of Amtrak P30CH's to operate it's SF Peninsula commute line.
Amtrak FP7 113 (ex-SP 6449) brings a westbound San Joaquin from Bakersfield into Oakland, CA on August 26, 1975.
Amtrak P30CH 712 on an e/b SP commuter train at Redwood City, CA on September 2, 1978.
Skirting the San Francisco Bay, leased Amtrak P30CH 720 takes a pair of gallery cars from San Francisco to San Jose. This Southern Pacific commuter train is at South San Francisco, California on S... (more)
After arrival
A leased Amtrak P30CH rounds the curve at 7th Street with an SP commute train.
