Train is back up to trackspeed accelerating towars Roseville at the Stege signal bridges
Rounding the bend on the main bypassing West Oakland yard crossing into DS62 territory. That is the old SP Car Shop (Diesel Shop) in the background
nice to have an ex-SP SD45T-2 carbody trailing behind with UP2850 second (ex-SP6858, ex-SP9307) A former SP GP38-2, UP605 (ex-SP4844), was trailing fifth in the lash-up offline
Sometimes mother nature actually works wonders for you. The bay fog was rolling in pretty thick through Oakland and Berkeley but right at my last photo stop it cleared away to create some summer e... (more)
The only time of the year to shoot a sunny side shot from this northern side.
All clear!
Look left (no cars), look right (no cars), look left again (still no cars). "Honey, it's safe to cross now. By the way, what are those bright lights coming at us?" Seriously, the train was only go... (more)
With CTC installed south of CP Strong in East Oakland, an Amtrak Capitol scoots on by running leftside meet style as the UP4397 turns into the sun approaching Jack London Square.
