In California, Amtrak trains look different - the blue and silver Pacific Surfliners and, further north, the blue, silver and yellow San Joaquins and Capitol Corridor trains. ... (more)

On a work trip to the Bay area, one stop was on my list, Jack London Square! I have a video featuring street running, the scenes from this area were amazing, passenger and freight trains passing ... (more)

Westbound Capitol Corridor #541 arrives at the Emeryville station.

Capitol Corridor #532 left EMY, I caught it on the overpass of this station

As dusk turns to night, Amtrak 536 boards it's final passengers before highballing the Davis Amtrak Depot and heading towards it's final destination of Auburn. "The glow of the clouds makes me thi... (more)

Amtrak # 532 pounds the diamonds as it heads north to Hayward. Little did we know that this very train would strike a person just south of the Oakland Coliseum.

Pushing south through Moorpark on a nice November day. Only the 456 seemed to be working.

A pocket of light shines through scattered showers while an outbound San Joaquin train awaits the arrival of a bus from Los Angeles.

A Pacific Surfliner train races south towards San Diego as the sun sets across the Pacific Ocean. Passengers on this train are getting an up close view of the Pacific Ocean and Batiquitos Lagoon. ... (more)

Amtrak 462 flies down the Pacific Coast; delivering to it's passengers the spectacular views the line is known for, and the miles of beach line that give it the name "Surfliner."

On a beautiful Thanksgiving Day, Amtrak 453 brings a double sized Pacific Surfliner train north into the Oceanside Transit Center. Many people were taking advantage of rail travel on a day where t... (more)

Still looking new and clean, and before it's mishap with the Coast Starlight in Oakland, CDTX 2004 rolls west through Pinole.

Amtrak 763 at MP 165 - Amtrak Train 763 pulls out of the station at Fullerton in route to Los Angeles on a warm fall morning in October.

With the sun giving off its golden glow as it getting ready to set, an eastbound Capitol is crossing the roughly 83 year old railroad bridge over the Suisun bay.

Amtrak # 711 is a few hundred yards away from completing its long journey from Bakersfield on a sunny June morning.