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)

On February 17, 2018, California Department of Transportation coach 5008 was sitting by itself at the Bakersfield, California, Amtrak station. This car was built by St. Louis Car Company in 1968 ... (more)

Southbound San Joaquin # 710 races through Riverbank Ca.

Amtrak 569 heads north toward Los Angeles as it cruises through Cardiff and approaches the newly built concrete bridges that replaced the original Santa Fe-built, wooden structures here.

Amtrak train #715 has just departed the station at Oakland's Jack London Square, heading west street running down West Embacadero.

Amtrak train #543 arrives at Jack London square while #718 is set to blast off.

Amtrak train #540 departs Oakland's Jack London Square onto UP's

CDTX F59PHI 2012 shoves Amtrak train #716 east, away from Fresno.

Amtrak #702 pulls into the Hanford station.

With bookended CDTX F59PHIs, Amtrak #714 flies into Guernsey.

CDTX 2001 assists CDTX 90218 "Bakersfield" locomotive take the leading end of the San Joaquin "tubeliners" as they head on a swift journey to Bakersfield only to return on a we... (more)

Crew caller for an eastbound BNSF train arrives moments before San Joaquin 702 appears.

Southbound San Joaquin at Denair Ca.

Morning southbound San Joaquin 702 passes through Empire Ca.

Pullman Service to San Diego Returns. Cresting the Redondo Flyover on a warm, spring day, Amtrak 580 banks to the east as it leaves Los Angeles behind for its trip to San Diego. Riding behi... (more)