UP 675 at Sunol

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On Sunday, November 1, 2026, UP 675 was at Sunol on the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers (TCSME) model railroad club in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA. My model of UP 675 is a Proto 2000 Series model.
The real UP 675 was an ALCo RS27. Reportedly it was built in 1959 as ALCo demonstrator 640-2, serial number 83556. It was sold in 1971 Strobell Co., it was resold to Montreal Locomotive Works the same year and used in Canadian lease service as MLW 675; it was again sold to Devco Railway 214 in 1975.
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U50C on the TCSME

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On Sunday, November 1, 2026, UP 5000 is at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers (TCSME) model railroad club in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA. UP 5000 is my Scale Trains model.
The real UP 5000 was a GE U50C. Reportedly it was built in 1969, builder's number 37139, and scrapped in 1977.
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2026.11.2.14.17-ph 

 

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Meet at Alvarado

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On Sunday, November 1, 2026, UP 5000 is in Alvarado Siding while another train passes, at the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers (TCSME) model railroad club in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA. UP 5000 is my Scale Trains model.
The real UP 5000 was a GE U50C. Reportedly it was built in 1969, builder's number 37139, and scrapped in 1977.
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iPhone 18 Pro Image,
2026.11.2.14.9-ph 

Ana Eshoo Set at College Park

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On Monday, October 26, 2026, at College Park in San Jose, CA, Caltrain southbound train 140 pulled into the College Park stop to pick up students from Bellarmine College Preparatory school. This train connects with other trains going south to Gilroy. This trainset had the Caltrain (JPBX) Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 306 and 305 "Ana Eshoo" cab cars as bookends.
JPBX 306 "Ana Eshoo" is a Stadler KISS Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) Cab Car. It is from an EMU KISS trainset. It's part of an order Caltrain placed in 2016 with Stadler, US.
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Caltrain Train 416 at College Park

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At about 5 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2026, at College Park in San Jose, CA, Caltrain southbound train 416 approached San Jose. This train had the Caltrain (JPBX) Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) 334-333 trainset.
JPBX 333 & 334 are Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) Cab Cars. This is part of an order Caltrain placed in 2016 with Stadler US for the construction of 16 bi-level electric multiple unit trains.
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Nikon D810, Nikon 85mm f1.8 FX AF lens,
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Meet at College Park

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Shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2026, at College Park in San Jose, CA, southbound Caltrain train 144 met northbound/eastbound F40PH-3C powered Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) train ACE08. Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) Cab Car Caltrain JPBX 328 was on the point of train 144 and ACEX 3104 and 3102 were shoving on the rear of train ACE08.
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Freight at College Park

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At 6 p.m. on Monday, October 26, 2026, at College Park in San Jose, CA, Union Pacific (UP) 1001, 1338 and 1495 led a northbound UP freight. I am not sure if this was a Salinas or Mission Bay Turn or something else?
UP 1001 is a GMLG GP60. Reportedly it was built in 1994 as SP 9793, SP Class EF438-3. Another former number said to be associated with this locomotive is UP 2093.
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Image: 2026.10.27.1.150-ph