ICE Demo train headed down the Coast, passing the San Jose depot from San Carlos overpass. San Jose Arena in background, Vasona Branch heads off to left. EMD-Siemans F69AC's on what was probably t... (more)

This is a test train for the soon to be inaugurated Capitol Corridor service linking San Jose with Sacramento. The unit was EX- NYC/PC/CR GP40 3090, AM 64, Kyle 3117, Amtrak 655, HLCX 655 and fina... (more)

Inaugural Capitol (San Jose - Oakland - Sacramento), crossing the Guadalupe River in the early morning. This was also the service debut of the P32 and Pepsi can scheme. I had an invite to ride the... (more)

It is Amtrak's second day of operation as SP #3205 leads a Westbound Coast Starlight (then known as #13) thru Alviso on the northern edge of San Jose.

UP 7834 was leading what I believe was a short MRVSJ. It is seen here heading southbound on the Coast Sub, climbing up the short rise over the Gaudalupe River Levee from the salt marshes of San F... (more)

This is the second time I have caught Amtrak 131 on the point of the southbound Coast Starlight. My co-worker boarded the train at the San Jose station, so I figured I'd get a picture of her first... (more)

The engineers side of the CDTX 8306 cabcar, named "Mount Soledad". In this photo, you don't get a feeling of how cool this cabcar is... It's the only one on Amtrak California's roster with a Natha... (more)

Making its next to last station stop before San Francisco, SP's Coast Daylight is on track #5 at Cahill St. Station in San Jose Just over a month remains before Amtrak will take over this route. O... (more)

Celebrating ACE's 10 year anniversary, ACE 3101 has been wrapped up and is seen pushing ACE #2 out of San Jose, bound for Stockton.

A signal at the south end of Caltrain's Tamien Station waits to turn green for a Southbound to head to Gilroy for the evening commute.

A Capitol Corridor train with a Superliner in its consist lays over in the yard at San Jose Station along with CalTrain equipment.

Southbound #426 slows for the MoW crew at College Park in San Jose. CalTrain is a joint operation with Amtrak. The MoW equipment is mostly Amtrak. The ballast cars belong to the Peninsula Joint Po... (more)

Still blue flagged, SP Train Master #3020 is getting ready to head to The City with commute train #139. The second gallery car still wears its as delivered 1955 paint scheme. Six years later, #302... (more)

Westbound Amtrak Capitol Corridor glides along the berms approaching Alviso bound for San Jose, Ca.