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| Now riding along the Truckee River, coming into Sparks, NV. |
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| Riding through the Sparks, NV Union Pacific Yard. |
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Passing the Union Pacific (and former Amtrak) station in Sparks, NV. Amtrak stopped service at this station
for the California Zephyr in 2009 but it's not that big a deal since the Reno station is only 3 miles from here.
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| Paralleling I-80 and passing a sign for the "Rail City Casino"! Welcome to Reno!!! |
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| Taking a break at Reno, NV station. This is a crew change point for the train as well. |
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| My sleeping car, Superliner I #32006 at Reno. |
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| Now riding along the Truckee River again, having departed Reno and closing in on the California state line! |
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| Welcome to California! We're still following I-80, and are in the town of Floriston, CA, now in the Sierra Nevada Mountains!!!. |
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| More of the mighty Truckee, and getting close to the city of the same name! |
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| Some snow-fighting equipment parked in the small yard in Truckee. |
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| Welcome to the City of Truckee, CA. |
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| The Amtrak station at Truckee, CA which also home to the Truckee Railroad Museum! |
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| This former Southern Pacific bay-window caboose is part of the museum here in Truckee. |
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| Donner Lake! Along with Donner Pass where we are right now, is one of the most scenic parts of the whole route!!! |
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I can only imagine the lakefront property in this area is quite expensive!
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| What an amazing view of this beautiful lake! |
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| Lots of tall pine trees in these mountains! |
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| This whole area is part of what is known as the Tahoe National Forest. |
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| Passing through Sysco, CA. |
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| This area is known as Fordyce Creek. |
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Now passing through Emigrant Gap, CA.
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| Now arriving in Colfax, CA. |
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For lunch today, I had the Marketplace Special which was Penne Pasta with Meatballs in a Tomato Creme Sauce
with a Diet Pepsi, this was absolutely delicious!!!
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| Now coming into Roseville, CA as evidenced by this water tower. |
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| Amtrak's station at Roseville, CA. |
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| 2 Union Pacific EMD GP60's at Roseville yard, a very impressive yard you go through just after the Roseville station stop. |
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| 2 Union Pacific EMD GP38-2's at Roseville yard. |
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| The fueling pad at Roseville yard. |
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| Crossing the American River and coming into Sacramento, CA. |
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| Taking a break at Sacramento, CA station. |
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A building from the former Sacramento Locomotive Works on the Southern Pacific, located near the Sacramento station.
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| Amtrak's station in Davis, CA, the next stop after Sacramento. |
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| Part of the Joyce Island State Game Refuge west of Davis. |
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| Ships owned by the United States Navy that are stored in Suisun Bay. They are known as the "Mothball Fleet"! |
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| A huge new car transload facility near Suisun Bay with the Mothball Fleet in the background. |
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We're about to go over the Benecia-Martinez Bridge and make the next station stop of Martinez, CA shortly after crossing the bridge.
We would also make a stop at Richmond, CA before arriving at Emeryville, though the stations were located on the wrong side of
the train for good lighting conditions.
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| Riding along San Pablo Bay at Pinole, CA. |
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| Welcome to Emeryville, CA, the western terminus of Amtrak's California Zephyr. |
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| The California Zephyr with one of Amtrak California's Capital Corridor trains, this one being #564 making its stop at Emeryville. |
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And finally, Train #5 departs Emeryville, heading for Amtrak's Oakland yard and shops to be turned and serviced. This train set
would go back to Chicago the following morning as Train #6. I know there was a lot of pix, I hope you enjoyed them!!!
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