With the shorter nine car train made-up to depart Oakland for Los Angeles via the Coastline as the SOALC 11, the UP3951 and trailing E-units fuel up as dawn breaks.
At West Oakland's Homestead Yard, the clean wet UP3951 and trailing E-units UP949 and UP951 begin to set-out the block of UP passenger cars to be kept at Oakland for the next few months as part of... (more)
The special pauses to drop-off the conductor at the crossover yard lead signal at CP Maggie. The long 1/3 mile passenger train will then move up to clear the signal and back-up move into West Oakl... (more)
Over nine hours behind schedule, the part deadhead move / part UP Customers Special finally arrives into Oakland at 5:45A. The 24 passenger car train with 2 E-units is shown at the edge of Jack Lo... (more)