Two long units -- then beasts! -- await servicing at Conway, including a bicentennial unit, as part of a Precision National unit peeks out in between.

Passing thru Alviso, a small community north of San Jose, SP #3209 has the Coast Starlight in tow. After passing thru Oakland, at that time the, train became #12 instead of #11 to conform to SP'... (more)

Amtrak's first summer as SP 3205 awaits the highball to leave SP's 16th St. station in Oakland with the Coast Starlight. Thirty-Six years later, the station and tower remain but all else is gone.

Quite a string of power!

With the exception of the blue GN car, the Coast Starlight on this day was still an all SP train as it crosses Guadalupe Slough in Alviso (technically part of San Jose).

Easebound freight with 7200 HP will take on helpers 13 miles ahead for run over Gulf Summit.

Spring of 1985 was a time of transition on for Peninsula Commute Service. The new F40's were arriving and being put in service but pulling the old SP coaches and were working alongside some of the... (more)

SP SDP45 #3204 Leads Train #98, the "Coast Daylight" South (SP East) thru the cut behind Oak Hill in South San Jose. Some of the coaches are deadheading "Sunset" cars sent to San Francisco for ser... (more)

SP's Cascade is making its station stop in Berkeley in April of 1971, just days before Amtrak would take over the service. It's next stop would be at Oakland's 16th St. station and the end of the ... (more)

On the return trip of a break in run on Amtrak's California Zephyr, 3207 is fresh from the shops and soon to pull a special to that years Super Bowl

Fresh from the Sacramento Shops, #3207 is on a break in run, East with #6 to Sparks and returning with #5. In a few days, 3207 and sister 3202, also in "Kodachrome" paint will power a special to t... (more)

SP's Cascade getting ready to depart Oakland's 16th station and head to Portland. This station was abandoned after the 1989 earthquake. The buildings still stand but all the track is gone and a fr... (more)

The Eastward San Joaquin, Train #52, just past the crossing of the San Joaquin River at Mossdale