EMD SD70M demos all prettied up for viewing by the SP Board of Directors, resulting in an order, not that SP needed some new power or anything like that! I wouldn't be so brazen about walking into... (more)

Operation Lifesaver power at SP Oakland shops, arranged by an unnamed railfan hostler. WP 913-A and E9 6051 from the Cal State Rail Museum, UP 951 and ATSF FP45 5948. SP foreman came along and tos... (more)

Capitol Corridor Inaugural, Jack London Square, Oakland, breaking the banner. Also the P32-8BWH Pepsi Can service debut.

A SD70M and two big Dash 9's are in elephant style fashion leading the Oakland - Houston auto train down Jack London Square.

Two big yellow EMD's and a Green SD40-2 lead the once daily Oakland to Spring, TX auto train down Jack London Square. This has now been resymboled to the Oakland - Houston (AOAHO)

Coast Starlight pausing at OKJ before continuing south via the Niles Sub.

Amtrak F69PHAC's 451 & 450 with EMD test car and 2 F40's street running through Jack London Square, Oakland on #11, Coast Starlight. Sometimes you get lucky.

UP559 leads a short train of grain hoppers up Jack London Square under nice blue skies.

UP 1983 leads a good sized fleet of passenger cars into Oakland for winter storage on a gloomy Saturday afternoon. Visible through the car shops is the end of the train and a pair of former SP bus... (more)

EMD 7000, 7001, and 7002 are at the Oakland Diesel shop on their tour of the US to show off EMD's latest offering, the SD70M. Here we see EMD 7000 and an Amtrak F40PH inside the historc shop build... (more)

A UP business special heads down 3rd Street in Oakland, almost to it's destination, the old WP yard. These tracks are now long gone, as all of the old WP/UP traffic now runs on the old SP through ... (more)

A fresh repaint into it's old scheme has been applied to CDTX 2051 as it sits in the depot ready to push the 10:05AM San Joaquin down to Bakersfield.

A big ACe and a slightly smaller SD70M rest in the diesel racks as a BART train to the City rolls by overhead.

What is out of place? Well, maybe it's that big ugly Heritage 2 Dash 9? Not sure... The Dash 9 showed up yesterday on Train #713, the other GE (go figure, GE garbage) had mechanical issues and BNS... (more)

One day its a SD40u, the next a big beefy Warbonnet Dash 9. Yeah, I'm talking about the OIG Yard Switcher. BNSF 4714 shoves a long cut of baretables back into the yard.