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.

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 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)

Amtrak Phase V NPCU #90229 (formerly F40PH #229) leads the Comet Car set of San Joaquin train #712 out of the Martinez Amtrak station.

As the sun is low in the sky, the opportunities for glint shots like this one are made possible. this image came out better than expected with the tough lighting conditions. This Amtrak San Joaqu... (more)

AMTK 90218, the NPCU "Oakland" (formerly F40PH #218) brings Amtrak California San Joaquin train #712 to a stop at the Martinez, CA Amtrak Station.

A morning northbound San Joaquin flies through vineyard country between Modesto and Stockton CA,.

While visiting California, we visited Jack London Square. As we were getting ice cream from Ben & Jerry's I noticed the gates were activated so with my camera in hand I walked outside and to compl... (more)

Running south (east) on the Santa Fe, Amtrak San Joaquin No. 708 passes Stockton Tower over the Southern Pacific diamonds, led by new GE Dash-8-32BWH “Pepsi Can” No. 501 on March 7, 1993. This... (more)

A San Joaquin train idles quietly at Sacramento's brand new station platforms as the sun rises.