What a clear evening at the Yolo Causeway. Looking east you can see, Sacramento, the foot hills, and even the Sierra Nevada Mountains about 100 miles away. I shot this Capital train with P32-8 l... (more)

Hughson Sunday Nights: The peacefulness of Hughson, California is shattered for less than 40 seconds while a northbound Amtrak California San Joaquin train 718. CDTX 2051, whose earn... (more)

A westbound CDTX train crosses the causeway as it kicks up dust from some freshly laid ballast.

On a warm Spring evening, Amtrak 747 rolls away from the setting sun low in the sky and is a few seconds from entering Jack London Square.

A hour before UP844 rolls down the street, we see Amtrak 525 cruise south with the CDTX 2051 leading the way.

A coach yard worker squirts some water on the windshield of the CDTX 2051, after it's come in from a long trip back and forth between Sacramento and San Jose.

CDTX 2051 sits on Track 1 in the Coach Yard waiting to be refueled before going back out on another Auburn-bound train.

What will become Train 716 in a couple of minutes, CDTX 2051 pulls a 4 car set down the Square. Shot one handed with my Canon Rebel XS, the reason for the one handed shooting style is because our ... (more)

Wanna Race? A big GE P32-8BWH is side by side with a Lexus IS350 as they race for pinks down Jack London Square. Canon Rebel XS.

A eastound Amtrak Capital is crossing the steel bridge on main track 1, at Benicia on the day after Christmas.

CDTX 2051, freshly repainted and overhauled pushes a 5-car Capitol Corridor bound for Sacramento out of the Emeryville station. It's next stop, in a mere 4 minutes is Berkeley.

A fresh repaint into it's old scheme has been applied to CDTX 2051 as it sits in the depot ready to push the 10:05AM San Joaquin down to Bakersfield.

CDTX 2051 stops for the first time on UP rails leading Train 713 bound for Oakland. It originated in Bakersfield, and has made a long sprint up the BNSF Stockton Subdivision, now onto the UP Marti... (more)

My big heavy baby, CDTX 2051 leads #733 into Jack London Square, just before the clouds took over.

A meet in the San Joaquin Valley as Amtrak "San Jaoquin" #716 (Oakland to Bakersfield) with Dash 8-32BWH 2051 shoving on the rear, meets westbound BNSF train Q-CLORIC1-07 behind Dash 8-40CW 950 at... (more)