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  1. Granite Rock Co. No. 10

    Granite Rock Co. No. 10

    Granite Rock Company No. 10 is an 0-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1942 by H.K. Porter for the Granite Rock Company. The engine was used for Granite Rock Company as a switcher. It resides at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, CA.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  2. 1233 at the floodgates

    1233 at the floodgates

    Former Southern Pacific 0-6-0 number 1233 crosses the floodgates for the Sacramento River near West Sacramento, California in October of 1996. Should the river become swollen, these gates will open into the flat floodplain and onto part of the Yolo Shortline's main.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  3. Fallen Flag Express

    Fallen Flag Express

    GE Dash 9s from Union Pacific components CNW and SP roll through the horseshoe at Gibson siding in the Sacramento River Canyon.
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    • Category: Western United States
  4. Cool Sight on a Hot Day

    Cool Sight on a Hot Day

    The northbound Trains Unlimited Tours special, bound for the NRHS Convention in Portland, crosses Castle Creek at Castella, California on July 2, 2005. It was a typically blazing hot July day in the Sacramento River Canyon.
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  5. Sacramento, CA

    Sacramento, CA

    California Dept. of Transportation F59PHI #2010 gets a much needed face wash after its arrival in Sacramento.
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    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  6. Sacramento Southern

    Sacramento Southern

    Sacramento Southern Logo at thier depot in Old Town Sacramento, Ca.
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    • Category: Detail Photos
  7. Sacramento Northern 44 Tonner

    Sacramento Northern 44 Tonner

    Sacramento Northern 44 Tonner at the Sacramento Railroad Museum
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    • Category: Industrial and critters
  8. Sacramento Northern SW1 #402

    Sacramento Northern SW1 #402

    Sacramento Northern SW1 #402 sits in the shade at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacaramento, CA in September 2003.
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    • Category: Tourist Railways - Diesels
  9. Transfer

    Transfer

    A UP transfer passes the Sacramento Amtrak Station in September 2003.
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    • Category: Western United States
  10. Caltrain California Capitol

    Caltrain California Capitol

    Amtrak Capitol train at Sacramento, CA in September 2003.
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  11. YIKES!

    YIKES!

    Appropriate commentary from a billboard at Planeport, California, near Sacramento, as the eastbound RenoFun Train behind Trancisco tour's short-lived F45/Bilevel in the abominable red/blue paint scheme go east.. .
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    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  12. Coast Starlight rounding a river curve in Northern California

    Coast Starlight rounding a river curve in Northern California

    Amtrak's Coast Starlight rounds another scenic curve along the Sacramento River in northern California south of Dunsmuir, Calif., in the early morning hours of July 12, 2003. This part of the route is normally traversed in darkness.
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    • amtrak california coast curve oregon river sacramento starlight
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    • Category: Scenic Views
  13. In the Canyon

    In the Canyon

    A few months before the end, SP's PTCIT - the Portland to LA Swift RoadRailer train - crosses Castle Creek near Dunsmuir, California, May 25, 1996. My son swims here now and watches the wings roll by.
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    • 1996 canyon castella castle crags river roadrailer sacramento sp
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    • Category: Western United States


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