On a warm Spring evening, Amtrak 747 rolls away from the setting sun low in the sky and is a few seconds from entering Jack London Square.

A hour before UP844 rolls down the street, we see Amtrak 525 cruise south with the CDTX 2051 leading the way.

Note the first car in this train is a former Amtrak Superliner that was refurbished and put into Capitol service.

A coach yard worker squirts some water on the windshield of the CDTX 2051, after it's come in from a long trip back and forth between Sacramento and San Jose.

CDTX 2052 sits idle in Martinez, while the conductor pulls out the wheelchair ramp for a disabled passenger to detrain.

The marker lights of the CDTX 2052 parallel the rails as it gives a hard shove of Train #742, the Eastbound Auburn-bound Capitol Corridor as it crosses the Benicia Bridge after nightfall.

Before it got its' new paint scheme, the CDTX 2052 rolls along at 40MPH leaving the massive Conoco-Phillips refinery behind.

CDTX 2051 sits on Track 1 in the Coach Yard waiting to be refueled before going back out on another Auburn-bound train.

Back into San Joaquin service, AMTK 505, a Phase 5 Dash 8 leads a 4 car train from Bakersfield along the water. Those homes have a great view of the bay... I wonder if they put any windows on the ... (more)

What will become Train 716 in a couple of minutes, CDTX 2051 pulls a 4 car set down the Square. Shot one handed with my Canon Rebel XS, the reason for the one handed shooting style is because our ... (more)

Wanna Race? A big GE P32-8BWH is side by side with a Lexus IS350 as they race for pinks down Jack London Square. Canon Rebel XS.

A eastound Amtrak Capital is crossing the steel bridge on main track 1, at Benicia on the day after Christmas.

A newly painted GE rides on the business end of a Northbound Pacific Surfliner past the original Southern Pacific station at Oxnard.

CDTX 2051, freshly repainted and overhauled pushes a 5-car Capitol Corridor bound for Sacramento out of the Emeryville station. It's next stop, in a mere 4 minutes is Berkeley.

A fresh repaint into it's old scheme has been applied to CDTX 2051 as it sits in the depot ready to push the 10:05AM San Joaquin down to Bakersfield.