The scrolling message boards are correct for the first time in awhile, as #745 arrives 9 minutes late on a lovely May evening.
A short UP manifest lead by a SD70ace and 2 older standard cab GE's heads west up the east slope of Cajon Pass at Martinez.
Looking down at the little yard just west of town along the Carquinez Straits.
Amtrak 747 to San Jose rolls into Martinez with Engineer Snyder at the controls, as she eases the behemoth CDTX 2052 to a stop.
My one and only photo of an SP ALCO PA leading a train. SP's City of San Francisco passing thru Martinez. Little did I know that in just over two years, these locomotives would be retired and all... (more)
Santa Fe SD40 5000 leads an eastbound intermodal train over the Alhambra Creek trestle in Franklin Canyon.
CDTX 2052 pushes Train 716 out of Martinez and towards Bakersfield on a chilly February afternoon.
Amtrak Volunteer Host Mike Wilkinson patiently awaits for Train 713 to come to a stop, so he can go assist a disabled elderly passenger off the train, and over to a bus to Napa.
Even covered with a big ugly yellow patch and shield, you are able to clearly see this GP40-2's past history, as it and a GP38-2 team up to pull the Avon Job back to Ozol through the Martinez Amtr... (more)
On a warm spring morning an Amtrak Capital train is heading westbound on the ageing bridge that spans the bay. Not long after this train passed, famed UP steamer 844 crossed the bridge headed for... (more)
On a stunning August afternoon, Northbound (now Westbound) San Joaquin Train 713 arrives into Martinez a couple minutes late, while a passenger of the female variety prepares to board, Emeryville ... (more)
Under the cover of darkness the UPY 1121 with the Speed Lettering sits idle while the MOARV shoves back 40 cars to a hook.
At O'Dark Thirty the UPY1351 sits outside of yard limits awaiting the arrival of the MOARV.
A southbound Capitol Service train crosses Benicia-Martinez Bridge.
On the last day of May, UP 8600 leads the Westbound North Platte, NE to Oakland, CA "Z" train through Martinez.
