The eastbound California Zephyr leaves Crockett and the C&H Sugar plant behind him.
Amtrak Unit 1 leads the California Zephyr past the abandoned site of the town of Eckley. It's now a beautiful little park and fishing pier. This photo was taken while sitting at a picnic table.
A Westbound Capitol Corridor glides along the Carquinez Straits, and against the hillsides of Contra Costa County.
Amtrak 6 to Chicago rolls alongside the Carquinez Straits after ducking under I-80.
An Eastbound Amtrak California Capitol Corridor passes the former brick factory at Eckley Pier.
Two Amtrak California motors shove the Eastbound train 532 past Eckley Pier on a hot April afternoon. If I recall correctly I took this with my eyes partially shut due to the allergies I had at th... (more)
A boy and his two dogs play fetch the tennis ball on a beautiful May afternoon, while Amtrak #5, the Westbound California Zephyr rolls by.
A fine looking Latina has turned her attention to the 58-car autotrain rolling by Eckley Park on a scorching 100+ degree day.
Amtrak 522 rolls East into the rising sun, leaving the Carquinez/I-80 bridge in the dust as seen from a hilltop high above Eckley Pier.
Even on this scorching 97 degree day, the water fountain sits dry while a new GEVO and 4 of it's EMD rivals lead a baretable train East past Eckley Park.
A WB drag freight rumbles past the only building that remains standing of the tiny town of Eckley, California.
About 30 minutes from finishing it's cross-country sprint from Chicago, AMTK 177 West rounds the bend at Eckley skirting the Carquinez Straits.
CDTX 2012 East pushes a mid-day San Joaquin bound for Bakersfield past the grassy fields of Eckley. Shot at 1/125th of a second... Train was going about 45MPH.
A large auto-carrier ship ducks under the Carquinez Bridge as Train 738 cruises along the straits bound for Sacramento.
CDTX 2002 East pushes a 5-car Sacramento bound Capitol Corridor train along the straits of the San Francisco Bay.