The UP North San Jose Switcher switching tank cars at Univar on Junction Ave.

The Hollister Local switching a large cut of cars in the Watsonville Junction yard.

A southbound loaded ballast train splits the searchlight signals just west of Aromas, CA on a crisp February afternoon. Note the new ties laid along the main track. The entire UP Coast Sub is in... (more)

Southbound UP MRVSJ at Alviso.

A southbound ballast train passes Alviso as it heads for Hollister, CA to service the Hollister Industrial Lead.

NS 9834 led today's SB Amtrak Coast Starlight, surprisingly the whole way from Seattle to Los Angeles, without being taken off the point. I caught it this morning passing through Alviso (north of... (more)

A five-hour late Coast Starlight tries to make up as much time as it can as it passes through Alviso at sunset.

UP 1983 paid a rare visit to the lonely yard at Watsonville Junction in Pajaro, CA this week. It was on a ballast train and tied down in the yard in this photo. The UP Coast and Santa Barbara Su... (more)

A head-on shot of the daily MRVSJ passing through the Fremont-Centerville Amtrak Station.

The BNSF Warm Springs Local arrives at the UP Warm Springs Yard in Fremont after a long trip almost entirely on UP trackage rights. The second unit is a brand new ES44C4, BNSF 6642.

A double-ended Capitol heads north out of the Silicon Valley, towards Sacramento. AMTK 503, a Phase-V P32-8BWH, is pulling on the north end for an unknown reason.

The MRVSJ-08, led by a duo of SD9043AC's, approches Alviso just before sunset.

Panning shot of CDTX 2015 as it heads north through the salt flats of Alviso, just north of the Silicon Valley. Note the "Repower" decals on the side showing-off the unit's recent rebuild.

ACEX 3104 pushes train 04 north to Stockton as it passes through the salt flats and wetlands north of Alviso.

CDTX 2015 pushed its train north towards Newark as it crosses the salt flats north of Alviso. Note the special decals on the side; this locomotive received the EMD Repower treatment a few months ... (more)