ericcortinas03
Creek Crawler
On a chilly fall morning in Fremont, I ventured up Deer Gultch Trail in the westernmost hills facing out towards the city and the Bay. My main target for this morning was Union Pacific's Oakland to Warm Springs and back freight which shuttles cars between the prior two cities as well as Milpitas. Typically, this train would be south towards Milpitas at this hour; however, due to a lack of avaliable brakemen at Oakland Yard, the train's departure was delayed to accommodate a brakeman coming over from Warm Springs. This delay allowed for perfect lighting for the train's passing at my location with the trio of yellow SD70M's standing out wonderfully against the green landscape as they rolled over the fairly empty Alameda Creek. Besides the train, some other features of note is the Dumbarton Bridge spanning across the Bay between Newark and Palo Alto and in the foreground, the site of the former Western Pacific Railroad's wye which allowed trains coming from Oakland or Tracy to access trackage extending down to Milpitas and San Jose. A majority of the San Jose trackage is now operated by BART with the exception of Milpitas' vehicle loading facility and a small industrial park which are both served by Union Pacific.
Creek Crawler
On a chilly fall morning in Fremont, I ventured up Deer Gultch Trail in the westernmost hills facing out towards the city and the Bay. My main target for this morning was Union Pacific's Oakland to Warm Springs and back freight which shuttles cars between the prior two cities as well as Milpitas. Typically, this train would be south towards Milpitas at this hour; however, due to a lack of avaliable brakemen at Oakland Yard, the train's departure was delayed to accommodate a brakeman coming over from Warm Springs. This delay allowed for perfect lighting for the train's passing at my location with the trio of yellow SD70M's standing out wonderfully against the green landscape as they rolled over the fairly empty Alameda Creek. Besides the train, some other features of note is the Dumbarton Bridge spanning across the Bay between Newark and Palo Alto and in the foreground, the site of the former Western Pacific Railroad's wye which allowed trains coming from Oakland or Tracy to access trackage extending down to Milpitas and San Jose. A majority of the San Jose trackage is now operated by BART with the exception of Milpitas' vehicle loading facility and a small industrial park which are both served by Union Pacific.