An afternoon San Joaquin departs Antioch, CA, with Suisun Bay for a backdrop. The eastbound Amtrak train is headed into the San Joaquin Delta and San Joaquin Valley beyond.

A Capitol rolls through Jack London Square on a quiet Sunday morning.

The morning Capitol makes its station stop at Emeryville. At the time, there were just three daily Capitol trains in each direction.

The Coast Starlight is receiving passengers at Emeryville on a summer morning. In the distance, Capitol train 721 is waiting for the Starlight to clear the platform, so it can enter the station.

A westbound Amtrak Capitol curves along San Pablo Bay at Pinole, California, on March 12, 1995. The train is led by GE P32BWH “Pepsi Can” No. 500, with another P32 is on the east end of five H... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr. A Roger Puta Photograph

Amtrak's Starlight arrives at Oakland with a beautiful observation on the rear.

Southbound Coast Starlight Jack London Square Oakland

Leased Amtrak GP40TC 193 powers Caltrain #37 past Southern Pacific's Santa Clara Tower on July 16, 1993, the last day of operation for the 65-year-old tower. In 2004 Amtrak had the 193 rebuilt int... (more)

Amtrak train #6, the eastbound California Zephyr, arrives at Martinez, the first stop on its way from Emeryville to Chicago. The engineer in F40PH 391 has just grabbed his trainorders, and... (more)

Skirting the San Francisco Bay, leased Amtrak P30CH 720 takes a pair of gallery cars from San Francisco to San Jose. This Southern Pacific commuter train is at South San Francisco, California on ... (more)

John rode the CZ and quickly got off to go to the front and snap this photo. To see other views of that trip, click here

SP was power short in '78-'79 and leased Amtrak P30's so they could use the SDP45's and GP40P-2's on freights. Here leaving San Francisco Southbound at the beginning of the PM rush. None of the SP... (more)

Station damaged severely in 1989 earthquake, and subsequently not used

Three generations of Amtrak power, F40 #239, SDP40F #530, FP7's #493 and #492. The two FP's were the last of thier type working out of Oakland. #493 had started out as SP #6454, then became Amtrak... (more)