Amtrak No. 5 winds its way through a reverse curve as it comes down the western slope of Donner Pass.

The "Cochella Valley special" is seen performing a photo run-by in San Timoteo canyon.

Call it Spamtrak, (notice the little sticker plastered over the SP). The train is whatever the valley train was then. Sometimes I don't much care what it is, just where it is. These were the la... (more)

Making its next to last station stop before San Francisco, SP's Coast Daylight is on track #5 at Cahill St. Station in San Jose Just over a month remains before Amtrak will take over this route. O... (more)

The Cochella Valley special is seen with it's mixed collection of SP/UP/ATSF passenger cars heading back to Los Angeles from Indio. The SP full length dome along with Sunset and Daylight cars can ... (more)

The Cochella Valley Special was run by the Pacific Railroad Society and is seen at Alhambra station picking up passengers. Train was a day trip out to Indio and back to LA.

The Northbound San Joaquin has arrived at the downtrodden 16th. St station in Oakland. The old FP's and well worn steam heated equipment did not help the image either. Today the building is dereli... (more)

Two SP FP7s and F7Bs depart SP's Houston station with the eastbound Sunset Limited. SP 6455 was sold to Amtrak in 1972 and eventually renumbed AMT 118.

Ex-SP FP7 6455 leads Amtrak No. 5 up out of Long Ravine into Colfax before descending through the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Amtrak's westbound San Francisco Zephyr rolls downhill on No. 2 track on the giant fill that leads to Newcastle tunnel.

Ex-SP FP7 6455 leads Amtrak westbound San Francisco Zephyr down Donner Pass' west slope at Towle.

Ex-SP FP7A 6455 leads Amtrak No. 6, the eastbound San Francisco Zephyr, at Newcastle.