The
Southern Pacific (now CalTrain) Cahill
Street depot has long been a great place to watch and photograph trains.
From the time of the depot's opening there has always been an amazing amount
of train activity. Interestingly, during the 1970s and 1980s Cahill Street
could claim the distinction of busiest depot in California. However, with
the advent of Southern California's Metrolink commuter rail system, that
honor now goes to LAUPT (Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal). Nonetheless,
Cahill Street still sees 60 CalTrain movements, several Amtrak Capitol
trains and a pair of Coast Starlights pausing at its platforms.
Add to that through freight trains and the occasional special movement
(like steamer 4449 or the Olympic Torch train) and you have one of the
best railroad photographic opportunities in the South Bay area. -- Ken
Rattenne
"Now Loading On Track 2" A Daylight-painted coach awaits the boarding of ticketed passengers for an NRHS special on July 23, 1992. SP Northern 4449 is doing the honors on the point of this Sacramento-bound train.
Morning commuters frame a Sumitomo-built CalTrain coach during the morning rush in December of 1992.
F40PH-2 903 awais the call to duty as a Danish-built Flexliner readies for departure on Track 5 on 8/05/96. The Flexliner was yet another in a string of tilt-technology trainsets under investigation by Amtrak during 1996.
