DSC_0560-Zamora
The California Northern Railroad, now owned by Genesee and Wyoming, has run the former SP West Valley Sub from Davis north to Gerber, paralleled by I5 from Wooland north. I recently followed its road train from Dunnigan, where I found it, south to Yolo, where the roads and track separate and the light ran out. North of Yolo, old US 99W runs along the track, allowing for an easy chase of a train that now runs 10 to 25 MPH on track that used to host the Coast Starlight at 70 MPH until it was re-routed through Sacramento in 1981.
The automatic block signal system is still in place and the signals dropped to red as the train passed them, and then cleared as the train left the block.
The train I followed had GP15-1 #1570. It stopped at Zamora to pick up some covered hoppers that had been loaded at the elevator with rice.
DSC_0560-Zamora
The California Northern Railroad, now owned by Genesee and Wyoming, has run the former SP West Valley Sub from Davis north to Gerber, paralleled by I5 from Wooland north. I recently followed its road train from Dunnigan, where I found it, south to Yolo, where the roads and track separate and the light ran out. North of Yolo, old US 99W runs along the track, allowing for an easy chase of a train that now runs 10 to 25 MPH on track that used to host the Coast Starlight at 70 MPH until it was re-routed through Sacramento in 1981.
The automatic block signal system is still in place and the signals dropped to red as the train passed them, and then cleared as the train left the block.
The train I followed had GP15-1 #1570. It stopped at Zamora to pick up some covered hoppers that had been loaded at the elevator with rice.