Northbound Special SLBOA passing CP Stockton at the College Park Caltrain stop in San Jose, CA, with the metropolis(?) of San Jose in the background. The Caltrain maintenance facility is to the ri... (more)

Former SP FP7's still with icicle breakers on the Amtrak San Joaquin. At this point there was only one train each way. The San Joaquin trains use the ATSF (BNSF) Valley line instead of the paralle... (more)

SP was power short in '78-'79 and leased Amtrak P30's so they could use the SDP45's and GP40P-2's on freights. Here leaving San Francisco Southbound at the beginning of the PM rush. None of the SP... (more)

The San Joaquin trains only ran for a short time with SDP40F's before being replaced by Amfleet and F40's. We missed the FP7's. Here waiting for it's North counterpart. At this time there was only... (more)

BNSF Warm Springs Turn on the UP Niles Sub, SD40-2 and the last ex GN SDP40, 6327, since retired. Train is crossing Alameda creek passing the former Niles Tower site.

Sunny in Santa Clara with a cell over East San Jose. We get excited over rain in these parts!

ICE Demo train headed down the Coast, passing the San Jose depot from San Carlos overpass. San Jose Arena in background, Vasona Branch heads off to left. EMD-Siemans F69AC's on what was probably t... (more)

Amtrak Business Car Beach Grove on the Capitol Corridor inaugural run, Jack London Square, Oakland. Newspaper photog wandered into my picture - you have to live with that!.

FP45's 100 & 101 Eastbound, my first shots of the warbonnets, in the hole to meet the hot 199 with another set. Almost railfan heaven!

EMD SD70M demos all prettied up for viewing by the SP Board of Directors, resulting in an order, not that SP needed some new power or anything like that! I wouldn't be so brazen about walking into... (more)

This is a test train for the soon to be inaugurated Capitol Corridor service linking San Jose with Sacramento. The unit was EX- NYC/PC/CR GP40 3090, AM 64, Kyle 3117, Amtrak 655, HLCX 655 and fina... (more)

Operation Lifesaver power at SP Oakland shops, arranged by an unnamed railfan hostler. WP 913-A and E9 6051 from the Cal State Rail Museum, UP 951 and ATSF FP45 5948. SP foreman came along and tos... (more)

Capitol Corridor Inaugural, Jack London Square, Oakland, breaking the banner. Also the P32-8BWH Pepsi Can service debut.

The two F45's caught my attention first, then the breakperson. Only in SoCal! I always try to get working rails in my pictures. They appeared to be picking up 5936 that had been set out.

Inaugural Westbound Capitol (San Jose - Oakland - Sacramento), on the Benicia bridge from the Benicia side. The new I-680 bridge is now to the left of the rail bridge. This was also the service de... (more)