The special pauses to drop-off the conductor at the crossover yard lead signal at CP Maggie. The long 1/3 mile passenger train will then move up to clear the signal and back-up move into West Oakl... (more)

ahe part deadhead move / part UP Customers Special back-up move into West Oakland yard.

Over nine hours behind schedule, the part deadhead move / part UP Customers Special finally arrives into Oakland at 5:45A. The 24 passenger car train with 2 E-units is shown at the edge of Jack Lo... (more)

This all NS lash-up stacker is set to make the short return trip back to Richmond, CA. The Port of Oakland giant ship cranes serving as a backdrop.

Here is something you probably won't see again. A pair of Amtrak Califronia F59PHI's noses frame an ex-SP GP38-2 - now delegated to remote control service. This was the last weekend stay for Amtra... (more)

A solid trio of NS dash-9's came in to Oakland on a BNSF stacker. They are seen within the OIG yard posing next to the warbonnet 4713 "switcher" with the Bay Bridge in the background.

Friday 10/29/04 saw the warbonnet 4713 placed into switcher service at the intermodal OIG yard. The Santa Fe red on those 700/4700 number series Warbonnet dash-9's sure does glow almost ten years ... (more)

A quick sprint up to East Oakland got this shot of the train crossing into the CP Coliseum Station block. Guess someone requested a brand new air conditioner for the 8283

Making the bend and "switch-over" at West Oakland from 'spatcher 58 territory to DS62's. The old SP Diesel shop is to the right and one of the six movable Port of Oakland monster container cranes ... (more)

one of my favorite spring-through-fall afternoon shooting locations for southbounds at CP Strong (approaching Jack London Square)

Passing by the old left-over electric Red Car catenary poles that now provide night light to UP's East Oakland Yard. They tend to cause problems for us foamers in casting shadows or being placed a... (more)

Trailing behind the SP8283 is a ex-MILW RCL MP15AC, ex-DRGW SD40T-2 LTEX8631, ex-SP SD40T-2 UP2929, and patched ex-SP GP38-2 UP567.

The MSJRV13 finally makes it into town at a somewhat slow speed with the SP8283 leading (one of 4 unpatched SP T-2's left on the active UP roster). That bridge isn't in that bad of shape at 104 ye... (more)

A semi-rare BNSF local with a pair of six axle EMD dash-2's heads back to Richmond with the BN7828 in the lead. Stood on top of a box truck for the shot so of course people were staring at me inst... (more)

The old Warm Springs local crew is still working six days a week and the old head crew is seen here on a Saturday streetrunning through "JLS"