Rolling into the Martinez station is Amtrak train 715, a westbound Bakersfield to Oakland-Jack London San Joaquin. CDTX 2010, a California Department of Transportation owned, Alstom-built ... (more)
Running a little late (just 1 hour 25 minutes … not too bad for a long-distance train running between Chicago IL and Emeryville CA) is Amtrak train 5, the westbound California Zephyr. P4... (more)
Amtrak F40PH 310 leads train 710, the afternoon San Joaquin, heading makes its fourth stop of its trip, which originated in Oakland. Within the next 50 miles this train will leave the San ... (more)
BNSF 4914 -879, is eastbound on the Muir Trestle, on the BNSF Stockton Sub at Martinez, California. July 30, 1999. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©
Rolling past Union Pacific's Ozol Yard is Amtrak train 710, a San Joaquin heading form Oakland's Jack London Square to Bakersfield. This train consists of California Department of Transpor... (more)
A bunch of stored bucket trucks (commonly called "cherry pickers") replicate how brontosauruses must've looked, or perhaps a flock of cranes (the birds, not the work equipment), as Amtra... (more)
What a Great Way To Start the Day! While hanging around Martinez, where my railfanning obsession began with my older brother watching Southern Pacific Dayli... (more)
Passing the old Southern Pacific passenger station in Martinez is Amtrak train 546. This eastbound Capitol Corridor train has just departed the newer Amtrak station in town, with CDTX F59P... (more)
Eastbound train QSBDCHI passes Martinez in the early morning lead by BNSF 603.
Five-car Amtrak San Joaquin 714, led by CDTX F59PHI 2009, passes through a number of refineries as it skirts the Suisun Bay upon departing Martinez as it heads to Bakersfield. This is Unio... (more)
A Capital Corridor arrives at Martinez
Santa Fe's hot 991 train crosses the Alhambra Viaduct in Martinez, California.
BNSF 7915 east holds at Martinez, just east of Summit with a couple NS units.
Amtrak train 6, the eastbound California Zephyr, pulls into its second stop of 35 it will make in its 2,438-mile trek across much of America, originating in Emeryville CA and ending in Chic... (more)
UP 7018 is solo DPU on the rear of this North Platte to West Colton freight.
