Caltrain

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On Friday, January 3, 2020 I photographed trains at College Park station in San Jose, CA. At 3:30 p.m. I caught this Baby Bullet trainset headed south led by JPBX 923.

Caltrain Locomotives - JPBX 923-928

Steve Sloan's Trains : Caltrain : Locomotives - JPBX 923-928

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JPBX 923 MPI MP36PH-3C

According to good sources, JPBX 923 was built in 2003 by MPI as a model MP36PH-3C.

Train 152?

On Friday, January 3, 2020 I photographed trains at College Park station in San Jose, CA. At 3:30 p.m. I caught this Baby Bullet trainset headed south led by JPBX 923.

D300s 200~500mm lens & D7100 18~140mm DX lens photos:
2020010302ph.59, 2020010306ph.22

JPBX 924 MPI MP36PH-3C

JPBX 924 is an MPI MP36PH-3C. Reportedly it was built in 2003.

Baby Bullet Trainset

On Friday, January 3, 2020 I photgraphed trains at College Park station in San Jose, CA. 4:00 p.m. in a hostling move, JPBX 924 was the power.

D7100 18~140mm DX lens & D300s 200~500mm lens photos:
2020010306ph.7, 2020010302ph.94

Commuters at Diridon

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, at San José (CA) Diridon station, Joint Powers Board (CalTrain) JPBX 924 is on Track 6 with Train 408, heading to Gilroy.

Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens,
Click to view image: 2024.9.12.1.301-ph
- Photo on Flickr

Transition Era at Lawrence

Shortly after 9 a.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at Lawrence station in Sunnyvale, CA, Joint Powers Board (CalTrain) JPBX 924 pulls Train 706 past Train 108 led by JPBX 308.

Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens,
Click to view image: 2024.9.18.1.70-ph
- Photo on Flickr

JPBX 925, "Jackie Speer," MPI MP36PH-3C

JPBX 925 is an MPI MP36PH-3C, the "Jackie Speer". Reportedly: it was built in 2003.

JPBX 925 at College Park

Joint Powers Board (JPBX, CalTrain) 925 is leaving Caltrain’s Centralized Equipment Maintenance & Operations Facility and heading to Diridon Station with a train on Monday, May 20, 2024, at College Park in San José, CA.

Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens image: 2024.5.22.3.51-ph
- Photo on Flickr

JPBX 926, MPI MP36PH-3C

JPBX 926 is an MPI MP36PH-3C. Reportedly: it was built in 2003, serial number 0102-04.

JPBX 926 pulling into Diridon

On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, Joint Powers Board (JPBX, CalTrain) 926 pulls into the San Jose Diridon Station in San Jose, CA.

Nikon F6, on UltraMax 400 film with a Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX lens:
Negative 1.1.51.17.21, Scan 2021120901ph.20
- Photo on Flickr

JPBX 926 shoving out of Diridon

I spent an afternoon at Diridon Station photographing trains. At 2:45 p.m., on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, Joint Powers Board (CalTrain) JPBX 926 is leaving San José, CA shoving train 513 northbound under the catenary at San Jose Diridon Station.

Nikon F100, Nikon 85mm f2 (MF) Negs. 1.1.51.22.14:
Click to view hand scan: 2022021601ph.7
- Photo on Flickr

Northbound Baby Bullet

Joint Powers Board (CalTrain) JPBX 926 is shoving on the rear of a northbound, likely train 707, commute train leaving College Park in San Jose, CA at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. JPBX 113 is on the front of the train.

Nikon D500, Nikon 70-210mm f/4 AF FX, 1/500 at f11, AF with a monopod,
Click to view images: 2024.7.31.1.67, 69-ph
- Photos on Flickr: Train Coming, Train Going

Southbound Fast Train

At 9:13 a.m. on Friday, September 20, 2024, at Lawrence station in Sunnyvale, CA, Joint Powers Board (CalTrain) JPBX 926 is at speed leading a southbound train, likely Train 406.

Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens,
Click to view image: 2024.9.20.1.26-ph
- Photo on Flickr

JPBX 927, MPI MP36PH-3C

JPBX 927 is an MPI MP36PH-3C. Reportedly: JPBX 927 built as JPBX 927 by MPI in 2003.

Train 123 at College Park

At 2:58 p.m. on Friday, February 25, 2022, in San Jose, CA, Caltrain train 513 is under the massive catenary at College Park as it heads north to San Francisco. JPBX Bombardier Bi-level Cab (Bike) car 112 is leading and JPBX 927 an MPI MP36PH-3C is shoving on the rear.

Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens:
Click to view images: 2022022502ph.34, 2022022502ph.38
- Photos on Flickr: train coming, train going

JPBX 928 MPI MP36PH-3C

JPBX 928 is an MPI MP36PH-3C. Reportedly: it was built in 2003, serial number 0102-06.

Train 254 at College Park

At 4:10 p.m. on Friday, January 3, 2020, train 254, a limited stop train, led by 928 is at College Park in San Jose, CA.

D300s 200~500mm lens photos:
2020010302ph.104, 2020010302ph.108, 2020010302ph.118

Diesel trains at Diridon

On Thursday, September 12, 2024, at San José (CA) Diridon station, Joint Powers Board (CalTrain) JPBX 924 goes down Track 6 with Train 408, heading to Gilroy. Meanwhile, JPBX 928 and 916 are on Track 4 with Train 122.

Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens,
Click to view image: 2024.9.12.1.305-ph
- Photo on Flickr

Transition Era at Diridon

On Thursday, September 19, 2024, at San José (CA) Diridon station, Joint Powers Board (CalTrain) JPBX 928 and 918 are on Track 6, leading Train 410 towards Gilroy. On Track 5 JPBX 320 is getting ready to take Train 413 to San Francisco.

Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens,
Click to view image: 2024.9.19.1.205-ph
- Photo on Flickr

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