A westbound Amtrak San Joaquin passes vineyard's at Duffy filed with pools of rain water. Out here southeast of Stockton, where the topography is pancake flat, these short trains do all of track s... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Westbound Amtrak San Joaquin train 719 races north between Sandrini and Allensworth with 2 Chargers being tested making for a nice train with the single levels also.

Following a 'mainline-plug,' which I quickly learned meant the honey bucket truck pulled alongside the train, Amtrak 11 finds itself parked in the Oakland yard to have the issue addressed. Meanwhi... (more)

Amtrak's San Joaquin roars past the elderly station sign at Blanco in June 1988. The next station stop for train 709 will be at Hanford.

In the early afternoon, a "Pepsi Can" GE races eastward with a San Joaquin at Knightsen, CA.

An eastbound San Joaquin makes a scheduled stop at Merced on Santa Fe's Valley Line.

After dropping off its San Joaquin Valley passengers, the equipment from the day's train 711 heads to the yard to be refreshed prior to becoming the 718 back to Bakersfield.

A westbound San Joaquin with an ex-UP E-unit for power rumbles through the SP-Santa Fe diamonds as the tower operator looks on.

A southbound Amtrak San Joaquin coasts through the town of Riverbank located on BNSF's Stockton Subdivision.

An Amtrak California San Joaquins or Capitol Corridor train goes right through the streets of town.

An evening San Joaquin skirts along the San Pablo Bay at sunset.

CDTX 90225 leads a forty minute late Amtrak "San Joaquin" Train 712 into the famous Stockton Santa Fe Station on San Joaquin Street. This train was forty minutes late due to mechanical ... (more)

It is a damp and dreary day as Amtrak "san Joaquin" Train 716 arrives at Martinez, California.

At 7:25 pm on July 26th, 2015, Amtrak train 716, a southbound San Joaquin, has just arrived - on time! - in Bakersfield, California - completing its 315-mile journey begun at 3:03 pm in Oak... (more)