Southbound UP MRVSJ at Alviso.

A southbound ballast train passes Alviso as it heads for Hollister, CA to service the Hollister Industrial Lead.

NS 9834 led today's SB Amtrak Coast Starlight, surprisingly the whole way from Seattle to Los Angeles, without being taken off the point. I caught it this morning passing through Alviso (north of... (more)

A five-hour late Coast Starlight tries to make up as much time as it can as it passes through Alviso at sunset.

The MRVSJ-08, led by a duo of SD9043AC's, approches Alviso just before sunset.

Panning shot of CDTX 2015 as it heads north through the salt flats of Alviso, just north of the Silicon Valley. Note the "Repower" decals on the side showing-off the unit's recent rebuild.

ACEX 3104 pushes train 04 north to Stockton as it passes through the salt flats and wetlands north of Alviso.

CDTX 2015 pushed its train north towards Newark as it crosses the salt flats north of Alviso. Note the special decals on the side; this locomotive received the EMD Repower treatment a few months ... (more)

BSA 2010 - 100 Years of Scouting.

A UP special train with the Boy Scout unit heads out of the Silicon Valley.

The Roseville to San Jose freight rolls by the salt ponds full of brine shrimp at Alviso.

UP 1995 showed up third on the Valentine's Day MRVSJ, shown here at Alviso in northern San Jose. Also included is an increasingly rare patched Rio Grande GP40-2, headed for Watsonville Junction. ... (more)

Honk honk! Two Canadian Geese pay no attention to the Southbound Capitol rolling by just feet away, and go back to eating mud. Ryan Parent and I came to the conclusion after chasing the gee... (more)

UP 4937 and two more EMD family members lead a Southbound manifest through the salt marshes of Alviso on a dazzling Spring afternoon.

An Altamont Commuter Express train rolls through the salt evaporators at Alviso on a perfect California morning.