Westbound Amtrak Capitol Corridor glides along the berms approaching Alviso bound for San Jose, Ca.
The Southern Pacific had been trying to abandon the "Lark" for sometime, but in March of 1967 they had not yet succeeded. Still carrying an RPO, the train is being worked at San Jose. A little ove... (more)
SP "Train Master" #3025 is arriving at Cahill St. Station in June of 1972 with rush hour commute #142. The large natural gas storage tank would, years later, give way to San Jose's Ice Arena, H-P ... (more)
The SP's sixteen Fairbanks-Morse "Train Masters" brought an end to steam power on the SP Peninsula commute in January of 1957. Still going strong in May of 1972, #3025 races North with late aftern... (more)
The southbound Coast Starlight, which was making good time that morning, rounds the curve just south of the Curtner Ave. overpass in South San Jose.
Following close on the tail of the number 5 ACE train, a UP manifest is climbing the rise to the short bridge over the Guadalupe River in San Jose's Alviso neighborhood.
Amtrak train 523 races across the salt marshes of the Alviso neighborhood of San Jose.
The #5 ACE train is running around 15 minutes late on it's trip from Stockton to San Jose, undoubtedly resulting in some unhappy commuters.
On my 18th birthday, UP 5423 South leads a Roseville to Montclair, CA Quality manifes train through San Jose.
SP "Torpedo Boat" GP9 #3005 is passing thru Newhall Yard in San Jose on its way to San Francisco. The first two cars still wear the gray paint and white stripe. #3005 later became #3189 but is now... (more)
A Gilroy-bound Caltrain arrives in the depot, with CalTrain F40PH 908 leading.
SP #6460, trailing an SDP45, is arriving at San Jose's Cahill St. Station with the Coast Daylight. It is February of 1971 and Amtrak will soon appear. #6460 was never "conveyed" to Amtrak as it wa... (more)
ACE08, the last one of the day, boards on #1 Track in the depot.
A roster shot of ACE 3104 in San Jose before pushing ACE06 out of the depot.
The second Eastbound ACE of the day, ACE04 departs San Jose, bound for Stockton with ACE3105 shoving.
