Comments on: Train a comin’ through town! http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2009/04/21/train-a-comin-through-town/ Sat, 18 May 2013 18:14:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: J. W. Kyle http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/2009/04/21/train-a-comin-through-town/comment-page-1/#comment-2312 J. W. Kyle Wed, 22 Apr 2009 05:38:44 +0000 http://www.ibabuzz.com/hayword/?p=1042#comment-2312 Whitman, north of A street would be a good spot as would the new HARD Park and AMTRACK STATION, JUST SOUTN OF A STREET. IT FOLLOWS THE BART TRACK AND PASSES UNDER NILES CANYON RD. UNTIL IT CROSSEES ALAMEDA CREEK. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CREEK IT TURNS EAST… WINDING THROUGH AND USING A TUNNEL PART OF THE WAY UNTIL IT REACHES SUNOL. IT DIOES NOT GO INTO THE OLD mISSION bLVD OVER CROSSING NEAR CENTRAL NILES. tHAT SEWCTION IS LIMIYTED TO THE RAIL PRESERVATION FELLAS WHO HAVE A COLLECTION OF OLD RAIL CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES.

IF YOU HAVE TIME AND INTEREST…..
A GOOD PLACE TO REALLY SEE IT MOVE WOULD BE STANLY BLVD IN lIVERMORE, OUT NEAR THE GRAVEL/QUARRY OPERTATIONS, WHICH IS A lONG STRAIGHT STRETCH OF RAILS.IT WILL NEED TO ACQUIRE SOME SPEED BECAUSE THE INITIAL GRADE INTO THE ALTAMONT PASS AREA IS FAIRLY STEEP.

IF YOU HAVE A MOVIE/VIDEO CAMERA THIS MIGHT BE YOUR BEST BET TO GET NEAR THE RAILS, WATCH IT APPROACH AND THEN PASS BY AT CLOSE DISTANCE. I’D SUGGEST YOU GET THERE NO LATER THAN 9:30 WHICH WILL PROVIDE TIME TO SET UP A TRI-POD POSITION NEAR THE RAILS.

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