A six-car Amtrak "San Diegan," with SDP40F 518 on the point, passes under the cantilever signal at Lemon Street as it slows for its stop in Fullerton, CA, on New Year's Eve 1974.

Amtrak SDP40F 513 speeds an eastbound "San Diegan" through Basta, just west of the first stop in Fullerton, as the train heads to San Diego on October 24, 1974.

DLMX 644 is about to be added to the point of the outbound Westsider.

The third weekend in March of 1976 and Amtrak SDP40F #542 is leading the Westbound Reno Fun Train past Long Ravine. The previous weekend FP7 #111 had led and never again would an all F-unit cross ... (more)

Time was growing short for Amtrak's SDP40F's as #533 waits for a highball to head North (SP West) up California's Coast, Public timetables referred to this train as #14, but to conform to SP's tra... (more)

The big SDP40F's were new and just coming online as #587 climbs out of Coldstream Canyon at Andover above Donner Lake. Cold Sream Canyon was the route of the successful Stevens-Townsend-Murphy par... (more)

Following the one time route of the narrow gauge, Amtak's Coast Starlight crosses Guadalupe Slough in Alviso (part of San Jose). A one time a much lower wooden trestle exised here and trains had t... (more)

The Westbound Reno Fun Train on the original CP main thru Auburn and passing the closed depot. This was the first weekend in which Amtrak assigned one of its SDP40F's to this train replacing two o... (more)

#5 westbound at Cape Horn on the #1 track. The track to the right is the #2 which still follows the original grade above the American River. This train will duck into tunnel 34 and then 33 both o... (more)

Amtrak #5 along the Truckee River at Alder Creek. Upstream on Alder Creek was the location of George Donner's Camp, separated from the main party.

The Coast Starlight passing Mission San Miguel, one of the 21 missions that were built by the Spaniards. This mission was badly damaged in an earthquake and is awaiting restoration.

Amtrak #509 get a new headlight at Ft. Madison.

A pair of ill-fated SDP40Fs lead the southbound Floridian on some street running through downtown Lafayette. The train is making a 10pm station stop at the Lahr Hotel. Fast forward 30 years, and... (more)

Cab interior shot

Blurrin' down the track!