A quick sprint up to East Oakland got this shot of the train crossing into the CP Coliseum Station block. Guess someone requested a brand new air conditioner for the 8283

one of my favorite spring-through-fall afternoon shooting locations for southbounds at CP Strong (approaching Jack London Square)

Passing by the old left-over electric Red Car catenary poles that now provide night light to UP's East Oakland Yard. They tend to cause problems for us foamers in casting shadows or being placed a... (more)

A semi-rare BNSF local with a pair of six axle EMD dash-2's heads back to Richmond with the BN7828 in the lead. Stood on top of a box truck for the shot so of course people were staring at me inst... (more)

The old Warm Springs local crew is still working six days a week and the old head crew is seen here on a Saturday streetrunning through "JLS"

UP 4959 and Dash8-40C UP 9245 prepare to leave West Oakland yard with a short stack train.

Pumpkin H2 BNSF 527 and GP60 8723 made for a short ex-ATSF lash-up on this short Richmond-Oakland stack train.

I love them GP60'S.

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)

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)

Grande style street running! From their reactions, I believe a few non-railfan pedestrians actually noted that this lash-up was a bit different from the boring all-yeller normal freight train!

Got a little bit of sun here at CP85th Ave (north of Elmhurst JCT.) and boy does that faded and beat up orange glow!

Four GP40-2's lead the MSJRV north back to Roseville with the DRGW3110 leading, then UP1365 (ex-DRGW3112) facing backwards, UP1372 (ex-DRGW3127) and finally UP1403 (ex-SSW7649).