When most people think of 3rd rail subways, they think of cities, not the rolling hills of the San Fransisco Bay Area.
One of BART's two Plymouth CR-8 centercab diesels rolls along East 8th Street in Oakland after picking up two empty flatcars near the Bay Fair station.
Spin the subway: A hostler at BART's Colma Maintenance Facility takes C car #403 for a spin on the unique X-shaped turntable, which doubles as an access road when not in use turning subway ... (more)
A Richmond-bound BART train races along the base of the East Bay hills between the El Cerrito Plaza and El Cerrito del Norte stations.
A Richmond-bound train pauses at the MacArthur station at dusk.
A Daly Citybound bound train is pictured entering the TransBay tube approaching 79mph for the trip to the city under the San Francisco Bay. Next stop - Embarcadero Station S.F.
Eastbound train exits the Transbay Tube while a westbound approaches it.