Returning with a few tank cars from Benicia, this overpowered train is westbound just moments away from Ozol yard.

A quartet of GP50s leads a 991 train through Franklin Canyon on a summer's morning as fog wafts above the ridge to the west.

Westbound UP/Dow Chemical haz mat training special enroute to Pittsburg from Sacramento, passing the old SP depot.

Westbound ZNPOA stack train coming off the Carquinez Bridge and passing under I-680 at the Vista crossovers.

Westbound Amtrak California Capital Corridor train from Sacramento heads into Martinez off the Carquinez Bridge on the #2 track.

The UP Engineer watches his train as he remotely switches cuts of cars in Martinez. UP 841 and 580 are working hard, but 580 is absolutely gleaming in the bright morning sun.

One of Amtrak California's sets departs Martinez for Emeryville about to pass through Ozol Yard. Thanks Jim for the help!

With the sun just about to dip under the horizon, the crew of the Martinez-Benicia switch job finishes up and departs the locomotive. Looks as though a few train pieces have been tossed on the roo... (more)

After a stop at the Martinez station this Amtrak California set is passing the former SP Ozol yard.

BNSF 941 Leads three of her much brighter sisters and a stack train into Martinez excercising trackage rights over UP.

As SP 6446, this locomtive had passed thru Martinez untold hundreds of times. As Amtrak 110, the locomotive was still doing it in April of 1975 with the Oakland-bound afternoon San Joaquin

Amtrak FP7 #122, formerly SP #6459, has Amtrak's "San Joaquin" in tow as it enters the connector track from the SP to the Santa Fe at Port Chicago. The overhead in the background carried the rails... (more)

Amtrak's eastbound train 6, The California Zephyr, stops in Martinez, CA, on its run from Emeryville, CA, to Chicago, IL, on March 11, 2007. In the background, on display in a park, is for... (more)

There is an interesting mix of power on the "Crocket Rocket" as it switches the small yard in Martinez, CA, on March 11, 2007. Note the unorthodox headlight that replaces the old SP light package... (more)

Amtrak train 724, the San Jose to Sacramento "Capitol," arrives at Martinez behind Amtrak California cab-car 6963, with Amtrak P42DC 73 shoving on the rear.