At Railroad Days.

Amtrak-California 2001 new and on display on spur track that no longer exists. The SSW unit is a GP60.

A lone GP38-2 dodges Mercury's and semi's while trudging North up Jack London Square with a mini grain train in tow from Con Agra.

Smoke lingers in the air from local wildfires, as a Warbonnet Baby Boat strolls Northbound up the Square with a lengthy Warm Springs Local in tow. This shot is going to be hard to duplicate; NUMMI... (more)

An extra long Coast Starlight rolls South down the Square, after a stop in the Coach Yard to tack four PV's on the rear.

Train 531 darts back to the Coach Yard after a run in from Sacramento.

Engineer and RP contributor Dan Klitzing eases Train 533 South at Maggie, and meets the 82 Local with an ex-UP GP38-2 leading.

An ex-UP GP38-2 sits idle waiting for a signal off of 50 Lead to head to East Oakland.

Oakland's Coach Yard switcher has been pressed into road service and leads Train 535 down Jack London Square and towards San Jose. I think the AMTK 507 is in dire need of another repaint, she's lo... (more)

The ex-ATSF GP7, OTR 97 waits for the next line of duty on a stunning December morning.

A holiday wreath adds a slight decorative touch to a lightpole as we are now 7 days from Christmas. Amtrak 711, from Bakersfield and the San Joaquin Valley rolls Southbound through the Square, see... (more)

Five! Five EMD's, four of which of the SD9043MAC model all face forward as they lead a 55-car empty auto train North towards Oakland, on the homestretch in Jack London Square.

John rode the CZ and quickly got off to go to the front and snap this photo. To see other views of that trip, click here

Northbound Captiol #532 to Sacramento rolls up Jack London Square on a crystal clear pre-TurkeyDay afternoon in the Bay Area.