Railtown Tracy

At the spot where the old California Zephyr once zipped through Tracy on the Western Pacific, a Union Pacific Railroad Officers Special rolls westbound this afternoon into the late October sunset...

In addition to the 1994 edition of the Tracy city council, this week's "Remember When" in the Tracy Press also features a popular passenger train arriving in bustling Downtown Tracy back in 1950. Have a look... Photo by Emory Boughton. https://www.ttownmedia.com//article_dc7398fa-e7cf-11ea-ac4

If you hunt (or fish) for trains in the San Joaquin Valley using ATCS, you may have noticed that the Stockton area feed is down right now. (We host ATCS Tracy.) A highly-capable expert is working on the issue at this time and we expect to see everything lit back up later today. NorCal Railfan HeadsUp ATCS Railroad Monitoring

So where is that noisy train this morning? I've been hearing a horn for the past ten minutes or so ... it doesn't sound like it's moving fast, and it sounds like it's hitting grade crossing after grade crossing.

Here's a Tracy "Where Is It?" Shown is a Southern Pacific cab forward -- I think it might be AC-12 #4290 -- leading Train 472 into Tracy after a trip over Altamont Pass. Here's the question: what road is it crossing? I'm guessing either Corral Hollow Road (near Schulte) or Tracy Blvd. (which was known as Oil Road back then) near the big In-Shape Health Clubs facility. Any guesses? Photographer: John E. Shaw, Jr. (May 5, 1956)