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Calrailfans, Emeryville, 18 June 2016
Our June Calrailfans meet was at the Emeryville, California Amtrak station. Emeryville is wedged between Oakland and Berkeley and is where the Amtrak connecting buses to and from San Francisco meet trains.
On weekends, it sees 18 Capitol Corridor trains, 8 San Joaquins, the Starlight and the Zephyr, plus whatever freights UP might happen to run.
My friend Mike and I took Capitol 729 from Roseville to Emerybille and returned on 742. On the way west, we met the eastbound CZ at Martinez, which was ferrying two new Siemens diesel units heading east for testing.
As I arrived at Roseville, and easbound empty grain train was leaving and the Redding Turn was switching. I got photos of both.
After arrival in Emeryville, we hung out with the other guys who had already arrived on the over pass at the station. After a while, a few of us headed to the Powell St. overpass and tried a couple of angles from there as 2 Capitols came and went.
4 of us then piled into Stan's car and had lunch at a BBQ place near Jack London Square in Oakland. Good BBQ. From there, we decided to check out Oakland 16th St. station, passing the old WP Oakland station on the way there. After not having been to 16th St in over 2 decades, I was there twice in a week!
When we returned, Al had arrived with his kids, Madison and Ryker. Mike and Madison were running foot races on the station overpass.
An empty oil train with 2 SD7OMs had pulled up and was waiting for a couple of Capitols to clear before it headed east.
After the oil train left, the westbound CZ arrvied, about a half hour later, followed a short while later by the ZG2OA behind three SD70Ms.
A few more Capitols and San Joaquins came and went as before it was time to head for home on 742.
When we got to Roseville, the Mechanical Department had a little problem AC4400 7263 had derailed its rear wheelset and people were plotting the strategy for rerailing it. In the meantime access to the shops on the east side was was blocked.
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Calrailfans, Emeryville, 18 June 2016
Our June Calrailfans meet was at the Emeryville, California Amtrak station. Emeryville is wedged between Oakland and Berkeley and is where the Amtrak connecting buses to and from San Francisco meet trains.
On weekends, it sees 18 Capitol Corridor trains, 8 San Joaquins, the Starlight and the Zephyr, plus whatever freights UP might happen to run.
My friend Mike and I took Capitol 729 from Roseville to Emerybille and returned on 742. On the way west, we met the eastbound CZ at Martinez, which was ferrying two new Siemens diesel units heading east for testing.
As I arrived at Roseville, and easbound empty grain train was leaving and the Redding Turn was switching. I got photos of both.
After arrival in Emeryville, we hung out with the other guys who had already arrived on the over pass at the station. After a while, a few of us headed to the Powell St. overpass and tried a couple of angles from there as 2 Capitols came and went.
4 of us then piled into Stan's car and had lunch at a BBQ place near Jack London Square in Oakland. Good BBQ. From there, we decided to check out Oakland 16th St. station, passing the old WP Oakland station on the way there. After not having been to 16th St in over 2 decades, I was there twice in a week!
When we returned, Al had arrived with his kids, Madison and Ryker. Mike and Madison were running foot races on the station overpass.
An empty oil train with 2 SD7OMs had pulled up and was waiting for a couple of Capitols to clear before it headed east.
After the oil train left, the westbound CZ arrvied, about a half hour later, followed a short while later by the ZG2OA behind three SD70Ms.
A few more Capitols and San Joaquins came and went as before it was time to head for home on 742.
When we got to Roseville, the Mechanical Department had a little problem AC4400 7263 had derailed its rear wheelset and people were plotting the strategy for rerailing it. In the meantime access to the shops on the east side was was blocked.