Covid-19 has drastically cut back trains on Altamont Pass. Here we see one of 2 Eastbound Weekday Altamont Corridor Express trains shoving towards Stockton on a very hot summer day.
ACE F40PH-3C #3102 shoves ACE Train #04 out of Santa Clara/Great America Station.
ACE 3101, wrapped up in a 10th Anniversary scheme, pushes Train 04 up Altamont Pass, towards Stockton.
ACE 3101, in its celebratory wrap for ACE's 10-year anniversary highballs the Fremont Depot, and passes the semaphore on the platform.
ACE 04 approaches track speed at College Park as it heads out of San Jose on its way to Stockton.
A northbound ACE train blasts under Hedding St and I-880 as it heads for CP Coast just ahead and eventually Stockton, CA.
ACE #4 rolls through Niles Junction passing my 1997 Thunderbird. If you look very closely, you'll see my dog too in the car, enjoying the passing train.
Eastbound to Stockton departs Fremont Station.