As I recall SP has just lost a big lawsuit, I believe in Arizona, and had gone nuts on the warning light thing so they had hung this light on the handrail and used and extension cord to power it. ... (more)

Rather large for a commuter train this one is coming in to it's last stop for the day. I always wanted to keep going.

This really filthy unit has just come off the 124 train and is heading for the house. SP must have really been trying to get the state to take over at this point. It worked.

Eastbound commuter rattles into it's terminal.

I always liked these "torpedo boat" units for their air tanks and rarity. There were only four, all built to haul the "El Monte" and relegated to commuter work in their last years. This one has ... (more)

WB commuter train #151 prepares to depart.

Looking remarkably "unreconstructed" this unit may have handled a commuter run earlier (not the missing number boards) but at this time she's leading a more prosaic life pulling a local. If there... (more)

A northbound Caltrain splits the signals at CP Franklin.

PSA (Pacific Southwest Airlines) MD80 on final approach to the San Jose Airport overhead

A 6-hour late Train 11 finally arrives into San Jose just as Train 742 departs on a clear. Shot with permission from the doorway of an open door on the cabcar.

A brand new, clean pair of ES44ACs, 7388 and 7386, lead AOAHO through Alviso on Saturday evening. It's rare to get squeaky clean locomotives around here.

This is the first, and blessedly unique Caltrain paint scheme, applied only to this ex SP GP9e and 3 cars. I never caught with the geep in good light with the cars. The Stockton Ave grade crossing... (more)

Northbound Special SLBOA passing CP Stockton at the College Park Caltrain stop in San Jose, CA, with the metropolis(?) of San Jose in the background. The Caltrain maintenance facility is to the ri... (more)