The Grand Luxe Express leaves the wetlands behind on its way to Los Angeles.
The Grand Luxe Express headed for Los Angeles passes through the wetlands of Alviso.
AMTK 116 leads the Reno Fun Train back to Oakland out of tunnel #1
The Reno Snow Train is approaching Emigrant Gap. The gap itself allowed the Central Pacific to cross over from the watershed of the American River to that of the Yuba River allowing a practical wa... (more)
Climbing Eastward at Baxter, the weekday Reno Snow Train will soon be overlooking the American River.
Westbound thru the foothills of the Sierra Amtrak #116 is leading four other A units and one B unit while pulling the Reno Fun Train. All the locomotie were ex-SP as were most of the cars. Althoug... (more)
Conforming to SP's requirement that one of their former FP7 units lead the Zephyr over Donner Pass during "adverse" weather, #116 is leading two SDP40F's at Rocky Point, East of Alta, CA.
With Amtrak 116 on the southbound Starlate. It was only about an hour late today. The lead unit appears to have been in a grade crossing incident.
Amtrak 116 with obvious front end damage gets worked on at the Amtrak Facility at the old Redondo Roundhouse. The turntable in the foreground is still in service and used.
Power for the Coast Starlight rests at the south end of Amtrak's 8th Street Maintenance Facility as a Dash 8 idles on an adjacent shop track.
A very late #11 arrives at SJC.
Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner takes off out of San Luis Obispo and starts it journey south. Here P42 number 116 is trailing while a F59PHI is on the south end doing the pulling. It looks like 116... (more)
The Starlate with P32 (AMTK 510) in tow.
Coast Starlight heads south.
Amtrak #11 the Southbound Coast Starlight, making it's move at street running through Jack London Square, Oakland, CA. Nikon D100 18-70mm.