Author: Jamie West
My BEST shots taken in and around Modesto, CA.
Led by ES44DC #7414, one of BNSF's hot shot intermodal trains approaches the Modesto Amtrak station doing 70+ mph!
CDTX cab car #8314 sits on the point of San Joaquin train #712 at the Modesto Amtrak station. This train was my ride to Modesto from Emeryville.
BNSFs Stockton to Barstow manifest rolls through Modesto with C44-9W #4474 leading.
BNSFs H-VAWBAR manifest rolls through Modesto led by C44-9W #4796.
Amtrak P42DC #92 leads San Joaquin train #701 out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
CDTX cab car #8309 sits on the point of Amtrak San Joaquin train #716 at the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak P42DC #42 shoves San Joaquin train #716 out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
BNSFs Z-STOWSP Z-train speeds through Modesto at over 70mph with ES44DC #7338 leading.
Amtrak California F59PHI #2009 leads San Joaquin train #713 out of the Modesto Amtrak station toward the Bay Area.
CDTX cab car #8301 leads San Joaquin train #714 into the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak P42DC #24 shoves San Joaquin train #714 into the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak P42DC #24 shoves San Joaquin train #714 out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
BNSF 6380 BNSFs Barstow to Richmond manifest through the Modesto Amtrak station with a special visitor, a Ferromex SD70ACe (FXE 4065), in the consist! There were actually two FXE SD70ACes on this train...the other one was being used as a DPU.
FXE 4065, a Ferromex EMD SD70ACe (one of two on this train), serves as second-in-consist on BNSFs Barstow to Richmond manifest as the train rolls through Modesto, CA.
FXE 4040, a Ferromex EMD SD70ACe (one of two on this train), serves as a rear-end DPU on BNSFs Barstow to Richmond manifest as the train rolls through Modesto, CA.
CDTX F59PHI #2014 leads Amtrak San Joaquin train #715 into the Modesto Amtrak station. This was my ride from Modesto back to Martinez.
CDTX F59PHI #2014 is seen on the point of Amtrak San Joaquin train #715 at the Modesto Amtrak station. This was my ride from Modesto back to Martinez.
Amtrak California cab car #8301 sits on the point of San Joaquin train #714 at the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak California B32-8WH #2052 shoves San Joaquin train #714 out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak California B32-8WH #2052 shoves San Joaquin train #714 out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak California F59PHI #2012 sits idling at the Modesto Amtrak station on the point of a westbound San Joaquin train.
BNSF C44-9W #4357 leads a hotshot Z-train through Modesto.
BNSF ES44DC #7919 is the fourth unit leading a hotshot Z-train through Modesto.
BNSF ES44DC #7565 leads a westbound Z-train through Modesto.
Amtrak California cab car #8311 is seen on the point of an eastbound San Joaquin train at the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak P42DC #139 shoves an eastbound San Joaquin train out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak P42DC #139 shoves an eastbound San Joaquin train out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
BNSF C44-9W #5434 leads the Barstow to Stockton manifest (M-BARSTO) through Modesto with a CN C40-8W third-in-consist!
Canadian National Dash 8 #2195 serves as third-in-consist on the Barstow to Stockton manifest (M-BARSTO) as it romls through Modesto.
Amtrak P42DC #173 brings San Joaquin train #715 to a stop at the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak California cab car #6964 sits at the Modesto Amtrak station on the point of San Joaquin train #712.
BNSF ES44C4 #6969 leads a hotshot Z-train through Modesto.
BNSF Warbonnet C44-9W #785 trails on a BNSF Z-train as it rolls through Modesto.
BNSF C44-9Ws #5422 and #5402 trail as rear-end DPUs on a BNSF manifest along with ES44DC #7534.
Faded BNSF C44-9W #5387 leads a manifest through Modesto.
Amtrak California cab car #8314 sits at the Modesto Amtrak station on the point of a San Joaquin train.
Amtrak California F59PHI #2008 shoves a San Joaquin train out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
BNSF C44-9W #4543 leads a manifest through Modesto.
Amtrak California F59PHI #2014 leads a San Joaquin train into the Modesto Amtrak station.
BNSF ES44C4 #6660 leads a westbound vehicle train through Modesto with a visitor from the East Coast trailing as the third unit!
A foreign visitor in California, Norfolk Southern C40-9W #9711 trails as the third unit on a westbound BNSF vehicle train as it rolls through Modesto.
Amtrak California cab car #8305 brings a San Joaquin train to a stop at the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak California F59PHI #2001 shoves a San Joaquin train out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
Amtrak California F59PHI #2001 shoves a San Joaquin train out of the Modesto Amtrak station.
BNSF C44-9W #4848 leads a Manifest through Modesto.
BNSF ES44DC #7438 leads a hotshot Z-train through Modesto.
BNSF ES44DC #7687 leads a four-unit power move through Modesto. Looks like someone didnt quite finish painting this locomotive!
BNSF ES44C4 #6599 leads a hotshot Z-train through Modesto.
BNSF ES44C4 #7111 leads a manifest through Modesto with a green ex-BN SD40-2 (BNSF 1951) trailing as the fifth unit.
BNSF (ex-BN) SD40-2 #1951 trails as the fifth unit on a westbound manifest as it rolls through Modesto.