Prototype Railroad Galleries
The thumbnails below are are the entry points to the galleries containing multiple pictures. Click on the thumbnail or the gallery name to view the photos in that gallery.
Inside the Galleries
The pictures contained in each of the galleries will appear as a single page of thumbnails, together with comments and notes about each picture. Clicking on a thumbnail then takes you to a slide show view with forward and back arrow controls. In the slide show view, clicking on the picture will open a high resolution version of that picture.
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Note that when viewing in slide show view, you can click on the image to see a high resolution view. Because of the large file size, it is best to do this only when using a high speed link like DSL or cable. Dial-up connections will take many minutes to download the larger image and, while waiting for the file to load, it will look like your browser has hung.
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Santa fe picking up cars at Safeway siding (05/24/07) (34)
After waiting for RPRC traffic, SF 133 adds seven cars at Safeway Siding in Richmond on the Richmond Pacific to the three cars it is hauling back to the BNSF Richmond Terminal. -
Parade of three at Safeway Yard (05/24/07) (24)
Here are three movements through Safeway Yard with each train waiting for the next to clear. -
RPRC transers coal empties to the UP (05/24/07) (11)
The RPRC was moving empty coal cars today to the UP pickup on the Waterside Drill near Central Avenue. Initially, bad order hoppers were switched out at the 23rd Ave Yard, then cuts of fifty cars were run out to Stege. RPRC was using paired switchers to deal with the longer-than-usual cuts of cars. -
Santa fe GP60M picking up cars at Safeway siding (05/17/07) (19)
The Santa Fe sends a local freight down to Oakland from the Richmond Terminal several days a week. It heads down via the Siberia Lead to Stege then uses the UP Cal-P line to Oakland. These photos capture Santa Fe GP60M 133 making the afternoon pickup from the Richmond Pacific at about 4:30pm. -
BNSF Baretable on Siberia Lead at Harbour Way (05/12/07) (6)
Two Dash-9's bring a long string of well cars back from the Port of Oakland to Richmond and beyond. -
RPRC MU'ed Switchers (05/12/07) (22)
Most trains on the RPRC run with a single switcher for power. With 100 cars of coal to be transferred to a Korean-bound bulk carrier, RPRC 1268 and 2285 are working hard in tandem. -
UP's Cal-P line - Hercules & Pinole (05/10/07) (66)
Reference shots of the track between crossovers at Hercules and Pinole. -
RPRC switches Pacific Energy Partner loadout (05/10/07) (7)
The RPRC 1268 shoves three tank cars into the Pacific Energy Partner spur. This is a neat arrangement from a modeling perspective - street trackage, reasonably sharp curves and a boom gate protecting the entrance to the PEP plant. -
Richmond Pacific Celebrates its new Low-Emission Locomotive (03/14/07) (41)
To celebrate the completion of the Richmond Pacific's first low-emission switcher, the RPRC generously operated a special pasenger train along their line in Richmond. -
UP Secondary track - Jack London (02/17/07) (14)
Reference shots of secondary track a half mile south of Jack London near the I-880 overpass. -
Gallery: Richmond Pacific switching Parr Yard with Mitchel and me! (01/20/07) (47)
An outstanding encounter with the staff and crew of the Richmond Pacific as the RPRC switched the south end of Parr Yard. Click the picture at left to view the gallery. -
Gallery: Richmond Pacific switching tank cars on Wright Ave (01/06/07) (11)
RPRC 1195 along with the RPRC caboose switches a string of tank cars on Wright Ave on the street trackage. Click the picture at left to view the gallery. -
Gallery: Richmond Pacific (RPRC) (12/18/05) (23)
The Richmond Pacific is an interesting shortline operating in the Richmond California area. Here are some trackage reference shots. Click the picture at left to view the gallery.
