Hey, why hasn't someone opened a B&B or something at that ranch. Who wouldn't want to stay for a week? The unit is buried in the head end power on this eastbound.

Those were the days, hanging out in the hot sun eating tacos and burritos from Naugles and shooting the bull with the local fans. Does anyone remember the "Rubidoux Geek"?

This a helper, maybe off the Cuesta grade but two of us were there and neither of us can figure out where it is. We've sought information and some helpful California railfans provided it (it's no... (more)

Having just finished its commuter run from San Francisco, this unit has dropped the last two digits of the train number and is heading back to the roundhouse.

There were only two of these nice looking rebuilds, one in the great bicen scheme, seen here looking a big worse for wear.

Sporting arguably the best looking Bicentennial scheme this great unit is about to terminate the southbound run of commuter train #126.

This is the only one of the six-axle Alcos I ever saw with the hump control "thingy" (technical term, I could have just called it a generic "doofer").

Rare version (on SP) of a very fine EMD model. I wonder if they ever got out of California in their thirty odd years.

Rare version (on SP) of a very fine EMD model. I wonder if they ever got out of California in their thirty odd years. Sometime during the day they turned it so here's the other side.

This was a great place to catch the commuter rush.

Definitely CA but may be Roseville or the Bay Area. Note the non-standard rotating light configuration.

EB commuter approaching the last stop.

One of the nicer Bicentennial unit around. We need to celebrate something else real soon. NS might even have a can of red paint left somewhere.

Just a nice clean steam generator-equipped commuter unit.

I stopped in to visit a railfan friend and we found this jewel, rare at any time but especially at this late date.