Amtrak Capitol #732 pushes north towards Sacramento after just departing Oakland's Jack London Sq. station.

A 12 hour late Warm Springs to North Platte autorack train is waiting for a crossover signal to set-out some racks at East Oakland Yard. An in service and out of service Amtrak Capitol both occupy... (more)

The MWCPD awaits a new crew after getting its 1,000 mile inspection at West Oakland yard. Of interest in today's West Colton, CA - Portland, OR manifest train power lash-up is pool power SD70MAC C... (more)

A BNSF "baretable" empty intermodal train is ready to return to the BNSF Richmond yard once the UP West Oakland yardmaster and UP dispather 62 clear the way. The trip home will be a short 10 miles... (more)

A Remote Control Locomotive (robot) and RCOperator wait for the flashing red signal to proceed back to the West Oakland yard.

At Oakland, the train is exiting the UP mainline w/ a 90º turn west. This is the same turn that many passenger trains (San Joaquin Daylight and City of San Francisco) did before the old Oakland M... (more)

In a shot 3/4 of a mile, this stack train has bolted from the 10mph crossover max. speed limit to 50mph on the UP Cal-P mainline!

In what might look like a time capsule shot, some dressed up passengers pose at Emeryville aboard the Tamalpais private observation car lettered for the North Pacific Coast RR. Don't ask how much ... (more)

Looking through the Emeryville station signals, UP4972 leads the fresh crew MWCPD north out of West Oakland towars Roseville on the Cal-P. The mostly empty train is destined for Albina, OR.

On approach to Emeryville, Amtrak #11, the Coast Starlight hits the crossovers at CP Shellmound crossing from the waterside (bayside) main #1 to the landside station platform main #2. Lead unit AM... (more)

Amtrak "San Jacko" #711 is on its way to Oakland on the UP Cal-P after leaving Bakersfield earlier that morning and transfering form the BNSF Stockton sub to the UP at Port Chicago.

The California Zephyr was back to three P42's after only needing two of these for the last few months. The reason for the extra unit lays in the four chartered private cars on the end of the train... (more)

Roster shot of P42DC AMTK 51. This is not the regularly assigned P42 to the Coast Starlights (those would be AMTK112-120)

The 2 hour late Train #11 Coast Starlight slows down tp 10 mph at CP Magnolia for some rough track at a slow order.

Across the street from a movie theater, I "grabbed" these shots of the MWCPD getting a new crew. Got to witness the new crew start her up. This was so cool to witness live but did not convey the s... (more)