Richmond Pacific's ex-MP SW interrupts the flow of Wright Ave. as it drags a cut of black diamonds towards the dockside unloading area. This coal was delivered by UP from West Elk Mine (Arco, CO) ... (more)
Valuable payloads race down the Cal P in Richmond, on the home stretch to Oakland under the afternoon sun.
Due to congestion on the northern transcon, BNSF has been re-routing their S LPCTAC's and S LPCSEA's via the Southern Transcon and the California Valley. Due to clearance restrictions up North, t... (more)
A Port of Richmond Crew uses a BNSF genset to spot auto racks at the Point Pontrero docks. Switching operations at BNSF's massive Richmond Auto Yard have been turned over to a cheaper (likely non... (more)
With only a short run down the Cal-P still remaining, BNSF 5274 and BNSF 5659 push a long stack across the intersection of Wright Avenue and Harbour Way on the Siberia Lead as the last of the even... (more)
The "Z-alt-nuby" has arrived! Once the conductor has finished removing the ETD, they will shove back, spot the cars, and cut away with the power and head for Richmond.
An unusual and sporadic move, here a G BARRIC comes blasting into Richmond with a unit grain train in tow. This train occasionally runs when there is a large grain block in Barstow and can also c... (more)
One of NRE's experimental gensets, NREX 2015, currently calls the Richmond Pacific Railroad home. Here they are shoving a cut of tank cars into one of Chevron's many industry tracks in the Richmo... (more)
westbound Santa Fe manifest train approaching Richmond
A Clovis to Richmond vehicle train passes by the West County Detention Center on the final leg of its trip to the Richmond yard just to the south of here.
New Dash 9 No. 1092 idles through the evening as a pair of Santa Fe GEs moves through the facility.
Brakeman has flagged Harbor Way so NRE genset 2015 can cross, on its way to the BNSF yard. Model 2GS12B-R
Recently delivered BNSF Dash 9 No. 1092 idles in the engine facility along with a load of red & silver power.
Richmond Pacific 49 takes a train of cement cars out of the Cemex plant in Richmond, California.
New meets the old. While crews are out on lunch RPRC 1268 and 424 which is a new piece of motive power idle away as the await to head out.
