A nice, clean GEVO leads a monster 136 car Global 2, IL to Oakland, CA stack train past Pinole. Bringing up the rear is another GEVO.

Amtrak 743 rolls into the sunset at Rodeo leaving one of many refineries in the Rodeo area behind.

Back into San Joaquin service, AMTK 505, a Phase 5 Dash 8 leads a 4 car train from Bakersfield along the water. Those homes have a great view of the bay... I wonder if they put any windows on the ... (more)

Running 45 minutes early (WOW!), Amtrak #5, the California Zephyr skirts the San Francisco Bay on a beautiful Winter evening.

Amtrak 711, the first San Joaquin from Bakersfield rounds the curves of the San Francisco Bay on a wonderful Winter morning.

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

A flash from my camera lights up the stripes and lettering on the UP AC4400 locomotive. An orange sunset adds color to the scene on a cold fall evening.

An UP GE leads a special through Sacramento, CA, after a round trip to Reno, NV, now its headed for Oakland, CA.

One on the point, one on the rear is the power assignment for this Global Two to Oakland stack train, as it curves along the San Francisco Bay.

Although today was cloudy and rainy, somehow the sun popped out in just the right amount of time for the SSAOA special in Pinole for myself and Ryan Martin. Enroute to Oakland to put the passenger... (more)

Carquinez bridge in the background

Westbound Amtrak Capitol 747 passes a string of tank cars in Pinole, led by one of Amtrak California's two P32BWH units.

Train 543, bound for San Jose, races through the flatlands of Elmira and Pitt at 79MPH.