My local commuter line

[NSCALEMIKE]

Metrolink (F59 PH) train heading south towards Los Angeles from my local passenger platform in Canyon Country, Ca (Via Princessa). Taken Thursday 04/15/04. With the price of gas spiraling higher and higher everyday here in CA (prices near $2.30 US a gallon locally), this seems the smart way to travel...railfan or not! Anyone else have any pics of their local passenger/commuter line to share?
http://www.railimages.com/albums/mikecassidy/acp.sized.jpg

[Derek]

Awesome photo Mike
I like the exhaust blurring the freeway

---The Capitol Corridor, Nor Cal---

I use it fairly frequently to travel to the bay area from home and on the journey from here to home. Very nice ride, very nice trains, and very cost competitive with driving definitely....

BTW does anybody know anything about modeling the Amtrak California passenger cars? I know Overland has brass ones, but I've got this beautiful Athearn F59PHI and nothing to put behind it besides Superliners. Anybody know of a kitbash? I bet it wouldn't be too hard if you started w/a Superliner

--A few weeks ago at San Jose, A Capitol train with a less common B32-8WH on the point. On the left is a Caltrain w/a F59PHI that travels the west side of the bay from San Francisco to Gilroy.
http://www.railimages.com/albums/derekbenedict/abi.sized.jpg

F59PHI at Sacramento
http://www.railimages.com/albums/derekbenedict/abu.sized.jpg
Caltrain Servicing facilities San Jose
http://www.railimages.com/albums/derekbenedict/abx.sized.jpg
Capitol in Sacramento
http://www.railimages.com/albums/derekbenedict/aby.sized.jpg

[ 20. April 2004, 04:23: Message edited by: Derek ]

[NSCALEMIKE]

Nice shots Derek...thanks for sharing...nice to see what's going on up in NorCal.

[Alan]

Good to see that commuter rail is getting more popular in the US. Gas $2.30 a gallon, eh? You should try ours at the equivalent of around $6.80 :eek:

Those Metrolink trains were fairly new when I was last there, good to see that the keep them clean smile.gif

[Stourbridge Lion]

Wish we had those here...

:D :D :D :D :D

[NSCALEMIKE]

Alan, I guess we complain too much here in the US, about price of fuel etc...I recall when I was stationed at RAF Alconbury (Huntingshire) in the late 70's...gas (petrol) then was the equivalent of about $2.50 US a gallon then. Except there it was sold by the litre...rather then by gallon...was I in for sticker shock when I had to fill up my car in town!

[fitz]

Alconbury--Mike, were you assigned to the Dragon Lady? :confused:

[NSCALEMIKE]

No Fitz, I was with a communications squardron...at the time, the base had RF4-C's...by the time I left in 1980 they were transitioning to the TR-1's.

[Sten]

Originally posted by Derek:
Awesome photo Mike
I like the exhaust blurring the freeway

Excellent photos, just one slight error with the first caption - the Caltrain loco is a MP36PH-3S a new creation from Motive Power Industries. I believe from memory the Caltrain bought 6 and Metra also has them but I can't remember how many. All the same keep up the awesome photography graemlins/notworthy.gif

--A few weeks ago at San Jose, A Capitol train with a less common B32-8WH on the point. On the left is a Caltrain w/a F59PHI that travels the west side of the bay from San Francisco to Gilroy.
http://www.railimages.com/albums/derekbenedict/abi.sized.jpg

F59PHI at Sacramento
http://www.railimages.com/albums/derekbenedict/abu.sized.jpg
Caltrain Servicing facilities San Jose
http://www.railimages.com/albums/derekbenedict/abx.sized.jpg
Capitol in Sacramento
http://www.railimages.com/albums/derekbenedict/aby.sized.jpg