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Viewing Album:  MY TRAIN SHOTS
 
By:JASON GIFFORD
Dates:6/11/2014 - 6/18/2014
Album Info:Pictures from my few travels.
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SP 4347 & 4362
Title:  SP 4347 & 4362
Description:  Ah Salinas in the late 1980s was a great place to roam with my dad.
Photo Date:  5/6/1989  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 4:35:25 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives:  SP 4347(SD9E) SP 4362(SD9E)
Views:  413   Comments: 0
SP 3771
Title:  SP 3771
Description:  Me and SP 3771 Salinas yard late 1980s
Photo Date:  5/20/1989  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 7:25:30 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 3771(GP9R)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
SP 3771
Title:  SP 3771
Description:  Sure miss the days when a kid could walk around the railyard with his dad taking pictures.
Photo Date:  5/20/1989  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 7:28:33 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 3771(GP9R)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
SP 4340
Title:  SP 4340
Description:  I miss the SP, these beasts and the 1980s.
Photo Date:  5/20/1989  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 7:30:44 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 4340(SD9E)
Views:  290   Comments: 0
SP 4347 & 4340
Title:  SP 4347 & 4340
Description:  A quiet day in Salinas but still so much to look at then.
Photo Date:  5/20/1989  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 7:33:32 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 4347(SD9E) SP 4340(SD9E)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
SP 7295
Title:  SP 7295
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/20/1989  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 7:36:27 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  SP 7295(GP40M-2) SP 4434(SD9E)
Views:  535   Comments: 0
SP 3336 & 2530
Title:  SP 3336 & 2530
Description:  SP 3336 & 2530 sit at Santa Clara on a cloudy day in the late 1980s. I think on this day I got my mom in trouble for driving to close to the yard. Sorry mom!
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 4:57:37 PM
Location:  Santa Clara, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3336(GP9R) SP 2530(SW1500)
Views:  388   Comments: 0
SP 3188
Title:  SP 3188
Description:  3188 idles and waits for its next assingment at Santa Clara late 1980s.
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 5:07:18 PM
Location:  Santa Clara, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3188(GP9R)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
SP 3188
Title:  SP 3188
Description:  Caltrain blasts trough Santa Clara as 3188 idles and waits.
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 5:11:51 PM
Location:  Santa Clara, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SP 3188(GP9R)
Views:  233   Comments: 0
SP 7322
Title:  SP 7322
Description:  I took this pic in the late 1980s when I was 13. Boy times have changed. I cant imagine a father and son being allowed to walk freely around any railyard these days.
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 1/15/2015 6:50:58 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7322(SD40R) AMTK 404(F40PHR)
Views:  493   Comments: 0
SP 7322 OAK
Title:  SP 7322 OAK
Description:  SP 7322 in Oakland exact unit number and date not clear.
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 6/11/2015 5:20:07 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7322(SD40R)
Views:  296   Comments: 0
SP SHOP
Title:  SP SHOP
Description:  Southern Pacific engine bays in Oakland
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 6/11/2015 5:59:25 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  129   Comments: 0
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Title:  SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Description:  The good old days in Oakland
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 6/11/2015 6:18:48 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  144   Comments: 0
SP YARD
Title:  SP YARD
Description:  Sometime in the late 1980s
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 6/11/2015 6:39:24 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  98   Comments: 0
SP station
Title:  SP station
Description:  The old SP station in Oakland. I wonder if it is still there today?
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 6/11/2015 6:57:04 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Station,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  127   Comments: 0
SP 7449
Title:  SP 7449
Description:  Times have changed. A boy and his dad could not get these shots today.
Photo Date:  6/18/1989  Upload Date: 6/11/2015 6:45:22 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SP 7449(SD45R)
Views:  240   Comments: 0
Amtrak 253
Title:  Amtrak 253
Description:  From my childhood archives. Amtrak 253 rolls into Salinas
Photo Date:  4/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 1:41:58 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 253(F40PHR)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
AMTRAK 404
Title:  AMTRAK 404
Description:  I believe this is Oakland SP yard sometime in the early 1990s
Photo Date:  4/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 1:51:13 PM
Location:  Oakland, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 404(F40PHR)
Views:  468   Comments: 0
Cotton Belt Caboose
Title:  Cotton Belt Caboose
Description:  A nice string of SSW & SP caboose from the early 1990s
Photo Date:  4/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 4:27:45 PM
Location:  Salinas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives: 
Views:  331   Comments: 3
SANTA FE 9517
Title:  SANTA FE 9517
Description:  I caught these aweseom Santa Fe units somewhere as I headed east on Amtrak. Not sure where this was taken. Anyone have an idea?
Photo Date:  6/18/1995  Upload Date: 10/29/2014 4:43:45 PM
Location:  , CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  96   Comments: 0
PATCHED COTTON BELT
Title:  PATCHED COTTON BELT
Description:  Always a nice treat to find an un-painted Cotton Belt this late in the game.
Photo Date:  2/1/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 4:28:46 PM
Location:  Watsonville Junction, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Track,Action
Locomotives:  UP 1005(GP38-3)
Views:  484   Comments: 1
HOLLISTER TRAIN STATION
Title:  HOLLISTER TRAIN STATION
Description:  Last passenger service here was 1955. at least we still get 2 freights a week for the tomato cannery.
Photo Date:  2/8/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 4:38:51 PM
Location:  Hollister, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  121   Comments: 0
HOLLISTER LOCAL UP 9989
Title:  HOLLISTER LOCAL UP 9989
Description:  UP 9989 backing in to switch some empty cars to replace the loaded cars at the tomato cannery.
Photo Date:  2/20/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 5:09:53 PM
Location:  Hollister, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 9989(GP40-2)
Views:  356   Comments: 1
Watsonville Jct. Action
Title:  Watsonville Jct. Action
Description:  Had a nice break in the rain to get out and catch UP 9989 and 9992 put together a nice mixed freight.
Photo Date:  4/8/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 5:26:09 PM
Location:  Watsonville Junction, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9989(GP40-2) UP 9992(GP40-2)
Views:  375   Comments: 0
AMTRAK 185
Title:  AMTRAK 185
Description:  Caught Amtrak 185 passing through Watsonville Junction.
Photo Date:  4/12/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 4:53:32 PM
Location:  Watsonville Junction, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Yard,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 185(P42DC) UP 9989(GP40-2)
Views:  249   Comments: 0
Hollister Local
Title:  Hollister Local
Description:  UP 555 runs around a string of cars to start switching at the International Paper co box plant in Gilroy
Photo Date:  5/20/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 4:30:53 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 555(GP38-2)
Views:  243   Comments: 0
Hollister Local
Title:  Hollister Local
Description:  HLCX 1058 runs around a string of cars to start switching at the International Paper co box plant in Gilroy
Photo Date:  5/20/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 4:37:22 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  HLCX 1058(GP38-3)
Views:  245   Comments: 2
KCS in Gilroy Ca.
Title:  KCS in Gilroy Ca.
Description:  Lucky catch to find KCS 4767 pulling baretables south outside of Gilroy at the old Sargent siding
Photo Date:  6/6/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 5:53:47 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4767(ES44AC)
Views:  188   Comments: 0
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN IN GILROY CA
Title:  KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN IN GILROY CA
Description:  Lucky catch to find KCS 4767 pulling baretables south outside of Gilroy at the old Sargent siding.
Photo Date:  6/6/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 5:43:16 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4767(ES44AC)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
AMTRAK 809 in Gilroy
Title:  AMTRAK 809 in Gilroy
Description:  AMTRAK train #11 with units 809 and 505 heading south thru Gilroy. Had 3 old Pullmans including an ol Boston & Maine.
Photo Date:  6/10/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 5:12:46 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 809(P40DC) AMTK 505(B32-8WH)
Views:  270   Comments: 0
HOLLISTER LOCAL UP 1448
Title:  HOLLISTER LOCAL UP 1448
Description:  I was lucky to catch UP 1448 & 1488 in Hollister on Fathers Day. A rare treat since the Hollister Local usually runs Tues. and Thurs.
Photo Date:  6/15/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 4:14:59 PM
Location:  Hollister, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1448(GP40-2) UP 1488(GP40M-2)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
UP 1448 IN HOLLISTER CA
Title:  UP 1448 IN HOLLISTER CA
Description:  I was lucky to catch UP 1448 & 1488 in Hollister on Fathers Day. A rare treat since the Hollister Local usually runs Tues. and Thurs.
Photo Date:  6/15/2014  Upload Date: 6/16/2014 2:56:23 PM
Location:  Hollister, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 1448(GP40-2) UP 1488(GP40M-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 2
Amtrak 83 & 136
Title:  Amtrak 83 & 136
Description:  A late Amtrak #11 with 83 & 136 picking up speed under the Monterey St overpass.
Photo Date:  6/18/2014  Upload Date: 9/11/2014 4:18:17 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 83(P42DC) AMTK 136(P42DC)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
KCS 4767
Title:  KCS 4767
Description:  Lucky catch to find KCS 4767 pulling baretables near Aromas Ca at the Granite Rock quarry
Photo Date:  6/18/2014  Upload Date: 6/11/2014 6:05:03 PM
Location:  Aromas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4767(ES44AC)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
Amtrak Coast Starlight
Title:  Amtrak Coast Starlight
Description:  Amtrak train #11 blasts south through Gilroy with engines 23 and 4.
Photo Date:  8/6/2014  Upload Date: 8/6/2014 6:26:07 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 23(P42DC) AMTK 4(P42DC)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
AMTRAK COAST STARLIGHT
Title:  AMTRAK COAST STARLIGHT
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/7/2014  Upload Date: 8/7/2014 5:03:53 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 195(P42DC)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
AMTRAK COAST STARLIGHT
Title:  AMTRAK COAST STARLIGHT
Description:  Under the Monterey St Exit. I love this location, but the lighting is bad, to bright.
Photo Date:  8/13/2014  Upload Date: 8/13/2014 5:34:20 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 183(P42DC)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
CalTrain 907
Title:  CalTrain 907
Description:  I was waiting for Amtrak 11 that was 6 hours late with 3 units 80 axles and 5 PV coaches! My excitement diminished when the lights on the horizon was Caltrain LOL
Photo Date:  8/27/2014  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 2:28:36 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CDTX 907(F40PH-2)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
Amtrak 176 & 150
Title:  Amtrak 176 & 150
Description:  Train # 11 with Amtrak 176 chugging through Aromas Ca.
Photo Date:  9/13/2014  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 6:15:39 PM
Location:  Aromas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 176(P42DC) AMTK 150(P42DC)
Views:  141   Comments: 1
Amtrak 176
Title:  Amtrak 176
Description:  Train # 11 with Amtrak 176 chugging through Aromas Ca.
Photo Date:  9/13/2014  Upload Date: 9/30/2014 5:52:38 PM
Location:  Aromas, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 176(P42DC)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Amtrak 88
Title:  Amtrak 88
Description:  A late Coast Starlite chugs south through downtown Gilroy.
Photo Date:  10/2/2014  Upload Date: 12/5/2014 2:54:56 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 88(P42DC)
Views:  101   Comments: 0
AMTK 83
Title:  AMTK 83
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 11/6/2014 6:03:33 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 83(P42DC)
Views:  96   Comments: 0
CalTrain 901
Title:  CalTrain 901
Description:  901 creeps to the Gilroy station. The end of the line.
Photo Date:  10/16/2014  Upload Date: 11/6/2014 6:12:44 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CDTX 901(F40PH-2)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
AMTK 202
Title:  AMTK 202
Description:  Amtrak 202 leads dirty DASH-8 # 507 south.
Photo Date:  11/6/2014  Upload Date: 11/6/2014 6:07:29 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 202(P42DC) AMTK 507(B32-8WH)
Views:  131   Comments: 0
Amtrak 24 & 202
Title:  Amtrak 24 & 202
Description:  Coast Starlight taking off after a short break from a stop indication in Gilroy.
Photo Date:  11/14/2014  Upload Date: 11/14/2014 5:22:40 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 24(P42DC) AMTK 202(P42DC)
Views:  146   Comments: 0
AMTRAK 24 & 202
Title:  AMTRAK 24 & 202
Description:  Amtrak train #11 idles while waiting for stop indication to turn green.
Photo Date:  11/14/2014  Upload Date: 11/14/2014 5:30:02 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 24(P42DC) AMTK 202(P42DC)
Views:  119   Comments: 0
ANR 314
Title:  ANR 314
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/20/2014  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 5:30:13 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  141   Comments: 0
CALTRAIN 504
Title:  CALTRAIN 504
Description:  Caltrain 504 switcher heads south into Gilroy to rescue a dead F40
Photo Date:  12/2/2014  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 5:41:59 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  JPBX 504(MP15DC)
Views:  212   Comments: 0
CALTRAIN 504
Title:  CALTRAIN 504
Description:  CALTRAIN 504 backs up to a stranded commuter train with a dead F40 on the other end.
Photo Date:  12/2/2014  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 5:45:57 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Roster,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  JPBX 504(MP15DC)
Views:  451   Comments: 0
Amtrak 23 & 202
Title:  Amtrak 23 & 202
Description:  Amtrak 11 heading south through Gilroy.
Photo Date:  12/16/2014  Upload Date: 12/19/2014 5:58:28 PM
Location:  Gilroy, CA
Author:  JASON GIFFORD
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 23(P42DC) AMTK 202(P42DC)
Views:  138   Comments: 0

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