When my father was in the San Francisco area for business in the 1960s, he often photographed the Northbound Lark before work. The Lark was an overnight train between Los Angeles and San Francisc... (more)

The Southern Pacific had been trying to abandon the "Lark" for sometime, but in March of 1967 they had not yet succeeded. Still carrying an RPO, the train is being worked at San Jose. A little ove... (more)

SP #6460, trailing an SDP45, is arriving at San Jose's Cahill St. Station with the Coast Daylight. It is February of 1971 and Amtrak will soon appear. #6460 was never "conveyed" to Amtrak as it wa... (more)

Making its station stop in San Jose, SP's Southbound Lark is being worked by both the baggage crews and the RPO workers before continuing on South. SP FP7 #6460 is leading, it would later be damag... (more)