Today, power from a different railroad is no big deal. Yet in 1995, it was very rare on the SP in the Bay Area. I about died when I head LAOAT, CSX 6207 W call WR49 on the radio.
After a major derailment in Franklin Canyon, the ATSF detoured trains over the SP from Port Chicago to Richmond.
A westbound Amtrak California set rolls into one of the many curves found along San Pablo Bay.
The MP Heritage Unit makes it's first visit to the Bay Area skirting the San Pablo Bay in Pinole on it's way West to Oakland. NorCal is doing well with 4 of the 6 Heritage units being in either SA... (more)
BNSF 4031 rounds the curve at Pinole Shores while waiting for the UP 1982s first visit to the bay area.
Amtrak train 744 catches the last rays of sun along San Pablo Bay, as the coastal fog rolls over the hills in Marin County and into the bay.
A Martinez-based local train arrives in Pinole to pick up cars from the siding.
One of the rare Roseville Repaints is on the lead of the RVSJ at Pinole on a fine Fall afternoon in 2000.
Two SP SW1500's hustle the Crockett Rocket west along San Pablo Bay durring the Fall of 2000.
Four SP GE's lead a WB train along San Pablo Bay, headed for the Bay Area and points South.
An EB baretable train heads East along San Pablo Bay near Pinole on a warm summer afternoon.
Amtrak #6, the Eastbound California Zephyr approaching Pinole as it runs along San Pablo Bay. The #289 was, at one time, equipped with SP style icicle breakers but, by 1987, they had been removed.
The Zephyr rounds a bend on the water front in Pinole.
Skirting San Pablo Bay West of Pinole. The first dome is Plaza Santa Fe, in the distance, Amtrak's dome #10031
