With April 30th 1971 and Amtrak fast approaching, Southern Pacific passenger service, other than commutes, was nearing the end. #3207 is arriving the Cahill St. Station in San Jose. The area the r... (more)

With the start of Amtrak fast approaching, March of 1971 finds Southern Pacific Train #102, The City of San Francisco, heading East thru Richmond at Cutting Blvd.

The westbound "City of San Francisco" is seen on the Overland Route on its way to Roseville and points west before Amtrak took over

I've always found the rare and oddball units to be more interesting and these visited our area every weekend. I wish someone would build an SD-30 just for grins.

Having just finished its commuter run from San Francisco, this unit has dropped the last two digits of the train number and is heading back to the roundhouse.

The eastbound old "Coast Daylight" is seen passing Mission Tower on approach to LAUPT. At this point in time is was shown only as NRPC 98, the 4 times a week Oakland - LA train

This was a great place to catch the commuter rush.

EB commuter approaching the last stop.

Finishing its run from San Francisco is this nice looking set of equipment

On weekends the commuter fleet did not get to idle around the roundhouse in San Jose. No, they had to work their way to Roseville and back. Here the entire SDP-45 fleets brings an EB reefer tra... (more)

Last westbound San Joaquin Daylight is seen at the Loop wearing a sign on its nose that says it all.

Eastbound Coast Daylight is seen at College Park station

Eastbound loaded coal drag, downgrade

Late running Westbound Amtrak arrives Sacramento with a host railroad loco up front.

Wow, I couldn't believe it. Here at the furthest extent of the vast BN system what should appear but this ex-BN rare bird leading a SB freight.