FP45 98 leading West (North) at Bealeville in the Tehachapis. Always a treat to get one of these leading!

This is the first, and blessedly unique Caltrain paint scheme, applied only to this ex SP GP9e and 3 cars. I never caught with the geep in good light with the cars. The Stockton Ave grade crossing... (more)

For a very short time, Caltrain ran their new F40's with the former SP bi-levels, seen here at the gingerbread station in Menlo Park ob the S. F. peninsula. Caltrain has since added the usual ligh... (more)

One of 4 SP GP40X's leading a West (by timetable), North (by destination), East (by compass) on the Colton-Palmdale cutoff. At this point the cutoff was still a dark railroad and Hiland had a trai... (more)

The SP 1984 Los Angeles Olympics commemorative SD40e 7347 Northbound (SP West) to Oakland in preparation for hauling an officers special to L. A.. Caltrain now owns the first two tracks and has fa... (more)

The 'last WP unit', 3559 was the highest number GP40-2, the last power ordered by the WP. Norhtbound on the Highline with a BN train to be interchanged at Bieber, CA, this line ran through some gr... (more)

Cajon Pass was a great place to get the UP's big power in the 70's. Here a DD35A climbs the North line headed East.

A pair of MK rebuilt U25B's with 2800 HP Sulzer engines passing the junction with the Biola branch (now gone), probably on a Tracy drag, North, SP West out of Fresno. The valley was where SP sent ... (more)

Northbound Special SLBOA passing CP Stockton at the College Park Caltrain stop in San Jose, CA, with the metropolis(?) of San Jose in the background. The Caltrain maintenance facility is to the ri... (more)

Former SP FP7's still with icicle breakers on the Amtrak San Joaquin. At this point there was only one train each way. The San Joaquin trains use the ATSF (BNSF) Valley line instead of the paralle... (more)

SP was power short in '78-'79 and leased Amtrak P30's so they could use the SDP45's and GP40P-2's on freights. Here leaving San Francisco Southbound at the beginning of the PM rush. None of the SP... (more)

The San Joaquin trains only ran for a short time with SDP40F's before being replaced by Amfleet and F40's. We missed the FP7's. Here waiting for it's North counterpart. At this time there was only... (more)

BNSF Warm Springs Turn on the UP Niles Sub, SD40-2 and the last ex GN SDP40, 6327, since retired. Train is crossing Alameda creek passing the former Niles Tower site.

Sunny in Santa Clara with a cell over East San Jose. We get excited over rain in these parts!

ICE Demo train headed down the Coast, passing the San Jose depot from San Carlos overpass. San Jose Arena in background, Vasona Branch heads off to left. EMD-Siemans F69AC's on what was probably t... (more)