Amtrak Coast Starlight via Tehachapi Pass (3111)

SF Bay Area

Folder: California
Images from many of the wonderful areas in the Bay area outside of San Francisco. For more of my history with SF, see the San Francisco local set. Photos are in alphabetical order.
Amtrak Coast Starlight via Tehachapi Pass (3111)

Amtrak Coast Starlight via Tehachapi Pass (3111)

30 Jun 2012 1 186
Amtrak Coast Starlight arriving at Oakland Jack London Square station. As the descriptions with the following pictures will indicate, the train took a highly unusual route getting to LA via the Tehachapi Pass
Amtrak Coast Starlight via Tehachapi Pass (3112)

Amtrak Coast Starlight via Tehachapi Pass (3112)

30 Jun 2012 139
Attaching a special private car to the train. The car looks odd because the paint was stripped off, it was scheduled to be repainted. That it was being added to the train may have been due to the fact that the train was going to take an unusual inland route.
Amtrak San Joaquin (2992)

Amtrak San Joaquin (2992)

26 Jun 2012 122
Alongside Broad Slough in Antioch on the Amtrak San Joaquin.
Amtrak San Joaquin (3002)

Amtrak San Joaquin (3002)

26 Jun 2012 182
From the Amtrak San Joaquin in Crockett on the Carquinez Strait looking towards the bridges for I-80.
Amtrak San Joaquin (3010)

Amtrak San Joaquin (3010)

26 Jun 2012 98
I-80 bridges over Carquinez Strait, from Amtrak San Joaquin.
Bay Bridge 2983a

Bay Bridge 2983a

25 Jul 2010 1 232
Building of new span on the east section of the San Francisco Bay Bridge
Bay Bridge/Port of Oakland

Bay Bridge/Port of Oakland

28 Apr 2008 132
Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry (3093)

Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry (3093)

29 Jun 2012 120
Port of Oakland freighter, from Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry
Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry (3095)

Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry (3095)

29 Jun 2012 129
Sailboat and Port of Oakland facilities, from Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry
Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry (3096)

Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry (3096)

29 Jun 2012 118
Bulk carrier at Port of Oakland, from Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry
Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry (3097)

Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry (3097)

29 Jun 2012 115
What looked to be an abandoned freighter, seen from Blue and Gold Oakland-Alameda ferry
Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3067)

Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3067)

28 Jun 2012 128
Corinthian Island (no longer an island) that is shared between the towns of Belvedere and Tiburon. Seen from Blue and Gold fleet ferry to Tiburon.
Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3068)

Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3068)

28 Jun 2012 191
Former Camp Reynolds on Angel Island, seen from Blue and Gold fleet ferry to Tiburon. Camp Reynolds was built during the Civil War out of concerns of a need to protect San Francisco bay from potential attack by the Confederates (which never happened).
Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3070)

Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3070)

28 Jun 2012 153
Ferry to Angel Island, with Tiburon Peninsula in the background. Seen from Blue and Gold fleet ferry to Tiburon.
Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3071)

Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3071)

28 Jun 2012 148
Corinthian Yacht Club clubhouse on Corinthian Island see from Blue and Gold fleet ferry to Tiburon. Per the club, the building was built in 1911 and may have been built as a folly to connect the Corinthian style columns to the name of the club and island.
Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3073)

Blue and Gold Tiburon Ferry (3073)

28 Jun 2012 150
Tiny sailboats off Corinthian Island seen from Blue and Gold fleet ferry to Tiburon. If you compare the sail boats to the small boat with two teenagers and an outboard motor, you get a sense of how small these sailboats are.
Caldecott Tunnel 3785a

Caldecott Tunnel 3785a

23 Dec 2010 170
Caldecott Tunnel, see discussion of design that accompanies nearby picture.
Caldecott Tunnel 3785a2

Caldecott Tunnel 3785a2

23 Dec 2010 127
Caldecott Tunnel, see discussion of design that accompanies nearby picture.
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