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Train fans!

You can watch lots of PeerTube videos about railways, metro systems and other forms of rail transport on this playlist:

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- Watching on a phone: Swipe up first two videos at bottom to browse rest of playlist

- Watching on a computer: Choose video by scrolling through playlist on right of screen

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Big GEs in Jack London Square
At 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2025, Union Pacific 7089 and 7085 were the power on a northbound manifest at Jack London Square in Oakland, CA.
UP 7089 is a Wabtec C44ACM rebuild. Reportedly: It was rebuilt in 2022. It was built in 1997 by GE as an AC44CW, serial 50507.

Little GE in Eugene
On an unrecorded date in January 1977, Southern Pacific (SP) 5100 was sitting on the whiskers of the roundhouse in Eugene, OR.
SP 5100 was a 70 Tonner GE, SP Class GS407-1. Reportedly: It was built in 1949, builders number 30034 as SP 5100, SP Class DERS-200. In 1950 it was rereclassed to SP Class DF-200. In 1963 it was rereclassed to SP Class DS-500. In 1965 it was rereclassed to SP Class GS407-1.
Reportedly: It was retired in 1976. It became Weyerhaeuser 2901, then East Portland Traction 5100 then Samuels Steel Products 5100, then Oregon Pacific 5100. The 5100 was reportedly on display at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center. It’s stored and maintained in serviceable condition, Milwaukie, Oregon, just south of Portland on the Oregon Pacific Railroad.
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SP 3116 in Eugene
Southern Pacific (SP) 3116 was near the hump at the SP hump yard in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on Friday, June 21, 1974.
SP 3116 was an ALCo C628. Reportedly: it was built in April 1965 as SP 4866, construction number 3401-22, SP Class DF-504. In 1965 it was renumbered SP 7125, SP Class AF628-2. In 1973 it was downgraded to switcher status and became 3116, SP Class AS628-1. It was sold in 1980.
The locomotive, the hump and the SP are all gone now.

Southern Pacific (SP) 5103 was sitting in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday, June 21, 1974.
SP 5103 was a GE 70 Tonner, SP Class GS407-1. Reportedly: it was built in 1949, builders number 30166, as SP 5103, SP Class DERS-200. In 1950 it was rereclassed to SP Class DF-200. In 1963 it was again reclassed to SP Class DS-500. In 1965 it was once again rereclassified to SP Class GS407-1. It was retired in 1975. It became Staufer Chemical 510.

Capitol Corridor Train 545 is led into the Emeryville (CA) Station on Thursday, July 3, 2025, by California Department of Transportation (CDTX) 2102.
CDTX 2102 is a Siemens Charger SC-44. Reportedly, it was built in 2017, serial number 02148671-013.

SP 3101, a Gator in Oregon
Southern Pacific (SP) "alligator" 3101 was in the Eugene, Oregon power pool on Friday, June 21, 1974.
SP 3101 was an ALCo RSD15, DL600B, SP Class AS624-1. Reportedly, it was built in 1959, construction number 83484, as SP 4817 class DF-502. It was leased in 1960 to T&NO as 251. It became SP 5161 in the 1965 renumbering as class AF624-1. In 1972 it was reclassified to switcher Class AS624-1 and then renumbered SP 3101. It was retired and sold in 1978.
According to OPRRMS years ago on Altamont Press, The vertically mounted disk shaped object on the top of the cab is a, "Receiver for the in-cab hump signals. Used on hump engines at Eugene, LA and Houston until replaced by more a modern radio system. After the RSD15s were retired, they were installed on the three C628s that replaced them, but I don't recall them being on the MP15ACs."
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🎢🚂 Breaking news: Dolly Parton is now the queen of #railroads, and 27 states' transit systems are quaking in their boots. Who needs #infrastructure when you have rhinestones and a steam train? 😂 America's transit plan: just add more sequins! 🌟
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The Transit Guy · Dolly Parton Runs a Train Busier Than 27 StatesBy Hayden Clarkin