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Calrailfans Meet at Antioch, 15 July 2017
Hoping to beat some of the valley heat, our July Calrailfans meet was at Antioch, California, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. It was warm, but not as miserable as the valley was.
A good crowd showed up to enjoy the barbecue that Eugene and Paul cooked up, and everyone contributed to the potluck. BNSF graced us with several freight trains while I was there, one of which had a CSX GE, and another with a BNAF SD70ACe leading.
I considered taking train to and from, but settled for a rubber tire leg between Sacramento and Stockon on one of he connecting buses.
I'd intended to take light rail in, but a train pulled out as I pulling into the parking lot, so I just drove to the station. Light rail would have saved me the cost of parking.
Before my bus left, I photographed Capitol 720 arriving off the I St bridge. It had a p42 pushing.
On the way into Stockton, I got a grab shot of the abandoned Stockton Greyhound station. The place just screams early 1960s design, a child of the Space Age.
San Joaquin 712 arrived and departed on time, vacuuming a lot of passengers.
Then it was time for 713, which has been running with the Comet cars. I had not yet ridden the Comets on the San Joaquins before Saturday.
The trip to Antioch took about a half hour and for the next several hours, we ate, chewed the fat, told bad joke, and photographed trains.
There is a feral cat colony that is being maintained by local people and I took a few photos of the kitties.
As the sun headed west, another fellow from the meet and I boarded San Joaquin 717, me to Martinez to connect to a Capitol, he to Richmond to connect to BART for Hayward.
The light at Martinez was golden and good for glint shots. San Joaquin 718 with the Comet Cars arrived just after 717 and it left a minute afterward.
I had a half hour wait for Capitol 742, which was then delayed by the open drawbridge between Martinez and Benicia. Other than that, we kept time to Sacramento, where the sunset was in full cry.providing a great end to a great day.
DSC_0155-Sac-2005-on-742
Calrailfans Meet at Antioch, 15 July 2017
Hoping to beat some of the valley heat, our July Calrailfans meet was at Antioch, California, in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta. It was warm, but not as miserable as the valley was.
A good crowd showed up to enjoy the barbecue that Eugene and Paul cooked up, and everyone contributed to the potluck. BNSF graced us with several freight trains while I was there, one of which had a CSX GE, and another with a BNAF SD70ACe leading.
I considered taking train to and from, but settled for a rubber tire leg between Sacramento and Stockon on one of he connecting buses.
I'd intended to take light rail in, but a train pulled out as I pulling into the parking lot, so I just drove to the station. Light rail would have saved me the cost of parking.
Before my bus left, I photographed Capitol 720 arriving off the I St bridge. It had a p42 pushing.
On the way into Stockton, I got a grab shot of the abandoned Stockton Greyhound station. The place just screams early 1960s design, a child of the Space Age.
San Joaquin 712 arrived and departed on time, vacuuming a lot of passengers.
Then it was time for 713, which has been running with the Comet cars. I had not yet ridden the Comets on the San Joaquins before Saturday.
The trip to Antioch took about a half hour and for the next several hours, we ate, chewed the fat, told bad joke, and photographed trains.
There is a feral cat colony that is being maintained by local people and I took a few photos of the kitties.
As the sun headed west, another fellow from the meet and I boarded San Joaquin 717, me to Martinez to connect to a Capitol, he to Richmond to connect to BART for Hayward.
The light at Martinez was golden and good for glint shots. San Joaquin 718 with the Comet Cars arrived just after 717 and it left a minute afterward.
I had a half hour wait for Capitol 742, which was then delayed by the open drawbridge between Martinez and Benicia. Other than that, we kept time to Sacramento, where the sunset was in full cry.providing a great end to a great day.