Amtrak train 715, a San Joaquin traveling from Bakersfield to Oakland's Jack London Square station, makes a stop in Merced, California (which is also a crew change point) on June 14, 2019. ... (more)

Amtrak train 714, a Bakersfield-bound San Joaquin, departs Merced, California, after its station stop and crew change on February 17, 2018. California Department of Transportation (aka Amt... (more)

Amtrak train 710 makes a station stop in Merced, CA, under beautiful springtime skies. In the lead are two ex-SP FP7s, one already repainted into Amtrak livery. The train is on the station track, ... (more)

Behind E9A No. 429 (ex-UP 956), Amtrak train No 711 slows for a station stop in Merced, CA. The big E-unit still sports its icicle breakers and show shields typical of Union Pacific's Es used on i... (more)

An eastbound San Joaquin makes a scheduled stop at Merced on Santa Fe's Valley Line.

Wearing #52 (the San Joaquin Daylight), 4449 approaches Merced, CA.

Trains run on crappy days too - the saying always goes. Here a Roseville heads through South Merced under a heavy cloud layer, approaching a rural crossing with cross buck protection only.

BNSF GP60M #116 rests in a siding at the Merced Amtrak station.

BNSF GP60M #116 rests in a siding at the Merced Amtrak Station.

BNSF GP60M #116 rests in a siding at the Merced Amtrak Station.

ATSF 3751 pulls a short mixed train down the UP ex SP valley line near Merced, CA on its way home from Railfair in Sacramento. It was running late, the sun was setting, the plan was to get a pictu... (more)

South of Merced, CA on the SP San Joaquin Division. Half day off from work was worth it!

The San Francisco Chief pulls into Merced, as the baggage handler works his way into place.

Amtrak San Joaquin service train stopped at Merced where many will transfer to the Yosemite bus. Like so many passenger cars before it, these Morrison-Knudsen "California Cars" would not prove eno... (more)