The fifteen-stall Lenzen Roundhouse was originally built in 1899 to serve the standard gauge San Jose-San Francisco rail commuter line and the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad, replacing ... (more)

Amtrak Capitol Corridor train 737 has arrived at its final destination from Sacramento (the state capitol, hence this train’s name). This train’s power, F59PHI 2003, and cars are owned... (more)

CalTrain 110 enters San Jose Diridon station. The installation of the catenary for future electrical operation has already been completed in the San Jose Diridon station.

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AMTK 129 leads the Amtrak Cascades "Talgo" Series 6 Funeral Train past South San Jose!

UP SD70ACe 8631 and UP SD70AH 8881 leads a Southbound Oakland, CA to Long Beach, CA Intermodal Repo Train past South San Jose.

A few SP GP-9s were built without dynamic brakes. They ended up in Bay Area Commuter service. This one has just finished up on train #142.

After Working Newhall Yard, the Now Abolished LRM36R makes its way back to Milpitas, passing College Park Station.

AMTK 198 leads Amtrak's Coast Starlight #14 past South San Jose.

We know the way to San Jose. On Saturday, July 25, 2020, Webb Rail LLC - WEBX's former Northern Pacific Railway Budd built Pullman dome/sleeper 313 (WEBX 801044) and former New York Central Railro... (more)

A perfect morning to start the vacation: Standing at the Alviso Sound near San José, having absolutely no wind and therefore a perfect mirror image and then a unexpected (waited there for some sc... (more)

UP 8991 leads a Southbound Ballast Train through Blossom Hill bound for Hollister, CA.

UP 1488 leads the Revised LRQ45 (What was the Hollister Local, now the Warm Springs Local) through Blossom Hill on a cold February morning. This train was shifted from Watsonville to Warm Spri... (more)

Southern Pacific GP9 3194 pokes its bright red nose out of the shadows of the platforms and into the sunshine after arriving at San Jose with a midday commuter local from San Francisco.

Signs of the future electrification of CalTrain's service can be seen in San Jose as the ACE04 deadhead arrives at Diridon Station. From left to right in the background is Caltrain 155, 142 and Am... (more)