IMG_9429-CCT-1790
Central Valley Variety, 20 July 2007
Daughter Caroline was at a summer camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Felton, California and on Friday afternoon, 20 July 2007, I drove to the area to be ready to pick her up in the morning. IIRC, I car camped in the mountains that night on a side road near her camp.
But there were trains to see en route from Sacramento to Santa Cruz.
I knew that I'd left a bit ahead of the San Joaquin 704, and was thinking of one particular place to shoot it. In the event, I would up getting it at Twin Cities Road between Galt and Lodi, in push mode with F59 2015 propelling it at or near 79 MPH past some sunflowers.
Continuing south into Woodbridge,California (north Lodi), a mural caught my eye. It was all nice and western, including a Great Western Castle class 4-6-0 pulling a train through cowboy country. If Robin Coombes over comes to town, he will want to see that!
In Lodi, I found GP18 CCT 1790 switching and then followed the Central California Traction Company's Lodi train back to Stockton, shooting it between Lodi and Stockton and then in Stockton as it ran on and near streets en route to the BNSF interchange at Mormon Yard.
Then it was over to the Alatamont Commuter Express (ACE, SP) station for the arrival of what was probably Train 6, but first a UP northbound came by with patched Geeps, a DRGW GP40-2 and SP GP38-2.
Then the ACE train arrived and discharged its passengers before MPI F40PH-3C #3104 took the train to the old maintenance facility south of the Stockton diamonds.
I resumed my trip toward Altamont Pass and Santa Cruz, but stopped off at Lathrop where I caught what was probably the Tracy Turn, first next to some code lines and then against the sunset across the fields.
Not bad at all for maybe 2 hours of rail photography.
IMG_9429-CCT-1790
Central Valley Variety, 20 July 2007
Daughter Caroline was at a summer camp in the Santa Cruz Mountains, near Felton, California and on Friday afternoon, 20 July 2007, I drove to the area to be ready to pick her up in the morning. IIRC, I car camped in the mountains that night on a side road near her camp.
But there were trains to see en route from Sacramento to Santa Cruz.
I knew that I'd left a bit ahead of the San Joaquin 704, and was thinking of one particular place to shoot it. In the event, I would up getting it at Twin Cities Road between Galt and Lodi, in push mode with F59 2015 propelling it at or near 79 MPH past some sunflowers.
Continuing south into Woodbridge,California (north Lodi), a mural caught my eye. It was all nice and western, including a Great Western Castle class 4-6-0 pulling a train through cowboy country. If Robin Coombes over comes to town, he will want to see that!
In Lodi, I found GP18 CCT 1790 switching and then followed the Central California Traction Company's Lodi train back to Stockton, shooting it between Lodi and Stockton and then in Stockton as it ran on and near streets en route to the BNSF interchange at Mormon Yard.
Then it was over to the Alatamont Commuter Express (ACE, SP) station for the arrival of what was probably Train 6, but first a UP northbound came by with patched Geeps, a DRGW GP40-2 and SP GP38-2.
Then the ACE train arrived and discharged its passengers before MPI F40PH-3C #3104 took the train to the old maintenance facility south of the Stockton diamonds.
I resumed my trip toward Altamont Pass and Santa Cruz, but stopped off at Lathrop where I caught what was probably the Tracy Turn, first next to some code lines and then against the sunset across the fields.
Not bad at all for maybe 2 hours of rail photography.