An idiot homeless guy grabs onto the sides of the bridge over the Alameda Creek, while Engineer Andy Willick slowly crawls past the bonehead, heavy on the K5LA of CDTX 2008.

The magic banana crosses the Alameda Creek on a gorgeous Fall afternoon leading a San Jose-bound Capitol.

AMT morning commute leaves Concorde station on its way to Montreal.

Engineer Paul Bermiester eases #534 down the Embarcadero towards the Jack London Square station for boarding, and passes the billboard which shows who will be playing at the famous restaurant, Yos... (more)

An early morning southbound breaks through heavy fog along the Pacific Ocean. Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner 10th Anniversary unit brightens an otherwise dreary scene.

At the End of the Day - A Metrolink commuter train leaves the platform at Fullerton California en-route to Los Angeles on a late Summer day.

A mid-summer haze has descended on Puget Sound as northbound Cascades #508 crosses Chambers Bay at sunset. The stagnant air hasn't deterred the fish, however, as an early run of chinook "King" ... (more)

Amtrak Pacific Surfliner sits in Fullerton for everyone to get on and off this train.

Amtrak 532 departs the Oakland/JLS station and heads North towards Emeryville and eventually Sacramento.

A Pacific Surfliner bound for San Diego passes a set of light engines being moved by hostlers at BNSF's Commerce Diesel facility. There certainly are a lot of overhead wires at this location!

Westbound Capitol #545 heads into the setting sun with five cars on the drawbar of the first delivered F59PHI for the California Department of Transportation, also known as "CDTX" and Amtrak Calif... (more)

CDTX 2014 East pushes a short four car Capitol towards Sacramento, briefly blocking the view of the million dollar homes that can admire the sunset that'll take place in a few hours...

The Auburn bound Capitol #536 shoves East towards the huge Conoco-Phillips refinery.

Ah, the weekend! What a better way to end a long work week than a relaxing train ride home and a beautiful Bay Area sunset on the first of October? Amtrak 547 from Sacramento is loaded with... (more)

Amtrak 451 sits idle as a backup while sisters 461 and 463 are ready to work with trains heading north.