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  1. Cruzing down Beach Street

    Cruzing down Beach Street

    Union Pacific 1347 takes an abbreviated "Santa Cruz Local" down Beach Street in Santa Cruz, California yesterday. It will only be a few more weeks before Beach Street and the municipal wharf are congested with summer tourists.
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    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  2. T-motors at Pinole

    T-motors at Pinole

    A pair of former SP tunnel motors and a Rio Grande GP40-2 take a Roseville to San Jose manifest past Pinole, California in March of 2002. The t-motors were in their last days of service. First for their age, and second for the closing of the yard at San Jose just two years later.
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    • bay cal-p california martinez pablo pacific pinole san southern sub union
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    • Category: Western United States
  3. Severn's waving

    Severn's waving

    Severn Edmonds of the Golden Gate Railroad Museum is serving as fireman in SP 2472's cab while it heads northbound at College Park, California in March of 2002.
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    • 2472 4-6-2 california caltrain college jose pacific park san southern
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  4. Big Macs at Grass Lake

    Big Macs at Grass Lake

    One of Union Pacific's flawed SD90MAC's takes a short eastbound freight through Grass Lake, California on the Shasta Route in August of 2002. The big EMD's are all in the scrap pile just a about a decade after their construction.
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    • black butte california grass lake pacific route sd90mac shasta sub union
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    • Category: Western United States
  5. Foamers and gross tresspassing

    Foamers and gross tresspassing

    Oh the horror! :-D A group of fans records one of the last trains to visit Davenport, California in February of 2009. Trespassing is almost a way of life on the Santa Cruz Branch as nearly everyone does it. People walking the dog, students, local residents, and foamers! =p
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    • california cruz davenport foamers pacific santa sub trespassing union
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    • Category: Human Interest Photos
  6. Westbound SP at the slough

    Westbound SP at the slough

    Southern Pacific 9817 leads a mid-afternoon train of containers westbound at Elkhorn, California in August of 1999. The SD70M's were the last new EMD's ordered by SP before the Union Pacific merger.
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    • Category: Western United States
  7. Union Pacific Olypmic fever I

    Union Pacific Olypmic fever I

    Before UP 1996 was a Daylight inspired heritage locomotive, it was the number of a Olympic inspired SD40-2. Here UP 1996 leads the northbound torch relay train at Elkhorn, California in May of 1996.
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    • 1996 california coast elkhorn line olympics pacific sd40-2 southern union
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  8. Union Pacific Olympic fever II

    Union Pacific Olympic fever II

    This is called excitedly getting out of the car and forgetting your focus! =p I remember we caught up with the torch relay train at Gilroy, California after it was held for a evening CalTrain commute train. The focus still sucks, but the subject material was still worth a JPEG. May of 1996.
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  9. Arriving Sunol

    Arriving Sunol

    Southern Pacific 2472 splits a pair of semaphore signals at Sunol, California this morning on its way for a meet with UP 844. There was nary a foamer there as most were in Oakland with the 844. it was a real treat to have the 2472 all to myself for one run-by.
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    • 2472 4-6-2 california canyon niles pacific railroad southern sunol
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  10. SP 2472 and the Dollar

    SP 2472 and the Dollar

    Robert Dollar Company #3 joins the Southern Pacific 2472 at Hearst siding near Sunol, California this morning. Both locomotives were steamed up to meet up with Union Pacific 844.
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    • 2-6-2t 2472 3 4-6-2 california company dollar hearst oakland pacific robert southern sub union
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  11. Steam Trio at Hearst

    Steam Trio at Hearst

    Union Pacific 844, Southern Pacific 2472, and the Robert Dollar Company #3 pose for all the foamers at Hearst siding near Sunol, California this morning. Union Pacific made an extra effort to acommidate us all by allowing us to cross over the tracks for photos.
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    • 2472 3 844 california canyon company dollar hearst niles oakland pacific railroad robert southern sub union
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  12. UP Biz Car "Cheyenne"

    UP Biz Car "Cheyenne"

    Union Pacific's business car "Cheyenne" brings up the rear of the 844 special at Hearst siding near Sunol, California. A very classy end to the UP special train and also to the 30 minute stop to view all three steam locomotives this morning.
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  13. SP 4449 at Mocassin Creek

    SP 4449 at Mocassin Creek

    Southern Pacific 4449 crosses the creek at Mocassin, California in June of 1999. The Daylight 4-8-4 is heading home to Portland via the BNSF Gateway Sub.
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  14. SP Monterey Local heading home

    SP Monterey Local heading home

    The Southern Pacific "Monterey Local" heads for home while passing Elkhorn, California in May of 1996. This local which ran from Watsonville Junction to the Monterey Branch has been wiped off the books due to low carloadings.
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    • belt california coast cotton elkhorn gp40-2 line pacific slough southern
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    • Category: Western United States
  15. Signs of the Santa Fe

    Signs of the Santa Fe

    Another BNSF morning eastbound rolls over a girder marked for its old owner in Pinole, California. You can still see some markings of the Santa Fe on the old Stockton Sub, as seen here in April of 2000.
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    • Category: Western United States
  16. The CZ at Pinole

    The CZ at Pinole

    Just starting out on its eastward journey, the California Zephyr runs along the San Francisco Bay for 20 scenic miles.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  17. Westbound in Caliente

    Westbound in Caliente

    A westbound UP train rolls into Caliente for a meet with a BNSF baretable.
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    • Category: Western United States
  18. CZ- Burlington, Iowa

    CZ- Burlington, Iowa

    About two years before Superliner, the California Zephyr pauses at Burlington, Iowa on its way to Chicago.
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    • 1980 california zephyr
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  19. Rocky Mt Gold-5

    Rocky Mt Gold-5

    Amtrak's California Zephyr, train 5, treated passengers to late autumn gold aspens amongst the Colorado Rockies at Tolland, CO, October 2, 2008. Up front were Amtrak P42DC 169 & 17 handling the 9-car train.
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    • amtrak autumn california co gold tolland zephyr
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    • Category: Scenic Views
  20. Rocky Mountain Autumn California Zephyr Style

    Rocky Mountain Autumn California Zephyr Style

    Brilliant golden aspens late in season - October 2008 - blessed the mountains around Tolland, Colorado. Amtrak P42DC 169-17 led 9-car Superliner equipped California Zephyr, train 5, over Union Pacific (ex-Denver & Rio Grande Western RR) rails towards Moffat Tunnel. High winds usually strip...
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    • amtrak autumn california co gold tolland zephyr
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains


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