Rounding the curve onto UP's Coast Subdivision is ACE train number 7, the last westbound of the day. It's being led by two of the railroad's now lesser used F40 locomotives. With Siemen Chargers b... (more)

Altamont Commuter Express train 06 makes its way eastbound through Niles Canyon with a F40PH for power. With ACE receiving 4 new Siemens chargers in the last year, the classic F40PHs have become a... (more)

Altamont Corridor Express NB train 06 takes the west leg of the wye at CP-Shinn with a solo SC-44 Charger for power. Within the last few years ACE recieved 4 SC-44 locomotives to replace their fle... (more)

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On July 25th, a special set of cars were on the rear of Amtrak's Coast Starlight seen here winding upgrade past the north end of Chorro Siding on Union Pacific's Cuesta Pass. The observation car i... (more)

Covid-19 has drastically cut back trains on Altamont Pass. Here we see one of 2 Eastbound Weekday Altamont Corridor Express trains shoving towards Stockton on a very hot summer day.

ACE05 breaks the morning silence at Alviso with an F40 leading the way.

ACE train 103 heads down Altamont Pass with a pair of F40s for power.

ACE06 heads out of San Jose with a pair of F40s on the rear.

An ACE train moves north out of Alviso at sunset.

It's just a few minutes before sunset as ACE08 passes a rather surreal scene at the Alviso Marina County Park. The salt ponds in the foreground are dry as smoke from fires further north can be see... (more)

ACE04 passes through Alviso with an endangered F40 on the rear.

Signs of the future electrification of CalTrain's service can be seen in San Jose as the ACE04 deadhead arrives at Diridon Station. From left to right in the background is Caltrain 155, 142 and Am... (more)

ACE04 races VTA Green Line train 121 at CP-Bird as CalTrain and Amtrak consists lay over in the background.

A pair of Altamont Corridor Express F40s shove on the rear of train ACE06 as it heads out of Alviso enroute to Stockton via the UP Coast Sub.