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Date: June 21, 2001 Location: Bakersfield Amtrak depot
Another Surfliner painted F40 heads a waiting San Joaquin trainset at Bakersfield.
Date: April 5, 2001 Location: Downtown Bakersfield
The new pedestrian bridge behind the Centennial Garden Arena is the vantage point for this shot of an outbound San Joaquin, shown just after pulling out of the trackage of the Bakersfield Amtrak depot. Today's power is an old veteran wearing a new suit: An F40PH freshly painted in the Pacific Surfliner scheme used on the San Luis Obispo-Santa Barbara-Los Angeles-San Diego route trains.
Date: March 5, 2001 Location: Downtown Bakersfield
Snow capped Breckenridge Mountain forms the backdrop over an outbound train that has just left the Amtrak Depot. For those unfamiliar with the Bakersfield area, it is a rare day when the air is clear enough to allow such a crisp view of the mountains. A late winter storm is responsible for this unusually clear day.
Date: Feb. 22, 2001 Location: Downtown Bakersfield
The opening of the new Amtrak depot in Bakersfield required the upgrading of about a mile of track between the old depot site and the new one. Here, an inbound train rolls behind the Kern County Administrative Center along trackage that only saw freight traffic before July 2000.
Date: Oct. 26, 2000 Location: Bakersfield Amtrak Depot
An Amtrak San Joaquin waits for passengers to board its cars before departing Bakersfield for points North.
Date: July 4, 2000 Location: New Bakersfield Amtrak Depot
The occasion is the Grand Opening of the new Amtrak Depot, and the first inbound San Joaquin has just broken the ceremonial banner officially opening the facility.
Date: June 15, 1999 Location: near Fresno, CA
A perfectly matched Amtrak California trainset is being used on this Bakersfield-bound train. Although the new California Cars are the standard equipment, the power is often painted in colors that do not match the lines of the cars themselves.
Date: October 1987 Location: Truxtun Extension overcrossing, West of the Santa Fe Bakersfield Yard
An outbound San Joaquin accelerates out of the Bakersfield Yard. This location is now double tracked, and a second overcrossing bridge has been added to carry the new track over the Truxtun Ave. Extension below.
Date: April 22, 1987 Location: near Tunnel #2, between Caliente and Bealville
Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Amtrak power leads an Operation Lifesaver special over Tehachapi Pass.
Date: Oct. 9, 1986 Location: Bakersfield Amtrak Depot, F Street
An Amtrak San Joaquin has just arrived at the Amtrak Depot in Bakersfield, with a typical period consist of an F40PH and Amfleet cars.
