OTOL Northern California RailFest 2007 Homepage

July 13-24, 2007

San Francisco * San Jose * Sacramento

Created 10/16/05; Updated 2/8/17

OTOL Northern California RailFest 2007 was arguably our best railfan event yet! We rode rail transit in a few different cities, as well as commuter rail. To, from, and between them we took Amtrak. Some also chose to fly in from the east coast, Hawaii, and Southern California.

Friday, July 13
Our journey started with a trip between the East Coast and Chicago.

Saturday, July 14
Arrival in Chicago. Boarded CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR to continue our westward journey.

Sunday, July 15
Traveled all day.

Monday, July 16
Traveled all day. Evening arrival in Emeryville. Most took a Thruway bus to San Francisco, where we then switched to BART for East Bay or West Bay hotel destinations.

Tuesday, July 17
Explored entire Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) heavy rail system. The day also included rides on AirTrain at SFO Airport, Amtrak's Capitol Corridor from Richmond to San Jose, and a portion of CalTrain commuter rail.

Wednesday, July 18
This day featured the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni). We rode their six light rail lines (Muni Metro), three Cable Car lines, and a heritage streetcar operation on Market Street & the Embarcadero. There was one short BART ride as well. Dinner at Fisherman's Wharf.

Thursday, July 19
Today we moved south and east. Some of us rode CalTrain's Baby Bullet express train from San Francisco to San Jose, while others took Amtrak from Oakland to San Jose. Once in San Jose, we rode Valley Transportation Authority's (VTA) light rail system. Then we took a one-way trip from San Jose to Stockton on an Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) train. Dinner in Stockton. Finally, Amtrak's San Joaquin to Sacramento.

Friday, July 20
After lunch, we rode Sacramento Regional Transit's (RT) light rail system. Overnight same place as Thursday.

Saturday, July 21
In the morning, we boarded the eastbound CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR to begin our eastbound journey home.

Sunday, July 22
Traveled all day. Overnight on train.

Monday, July 23
Arrived in Chicago. Departed that evening for one more overnight rail trip to the east coast.

Tuesday, July 24
Arrived in East Coast cities, and proceeded home.

As you can see, for some this was 12 days of fun and excitement on the rails! A total of 18 people participated at one time or another during that period.










OTOL NOCAL RAILFEST 2007
GENERAL PAGES
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List of participantsUpdated 8/1/07
ItineraryUpdated 2/8/17
SAN FRANCISCO PAGES
SAN JOSE PAGES
STOCKTON PAGES
SACRAMENTO PAGES







OTOL NOCAL RAILFEST 2007
SAN FRANCISCO PAGES
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List of San Francisco Bay Area Muni transit routesUpdated 2/1/07
List of San Francisco Bay Area BART transit routesUpdated 2/1/07
List of San Francisco Bay Area commuter routesUpdated 3/8/07
San Francisco Bay Area linksUpdated 3/15/07
San Francisco Bay Area Scanner frequenciesCreated 4/20/07







OTOL NOCAL RAILFEST 2007
SAN JOSE PAGES
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List of San Jose area transit routesUpdated 2/8/17
List of San Jose area ACE commuter routesUpdated 3/8/07
List of San Jose area CalTrain commuter routesUpdated 3/8/07
San Jose area linksUpdated 3/15/07
San Jose Scanner frequenciesCreated 4/20/07







OTOL NOCAL RAILFEST 2007
STOCKTON PAGES
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List of Stockton area commuter routesUpdated 3/8/07
Stockton area linksUpdated 3/15/07
Stockton Scanner frequenciesUpdated 6/7/07







OTOL NOCAL RAILFEST 2007
SACRAMENTO PAGES
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List of Sacramento area transit routesUpdated 3/8/07
Sacramento area linksUpdated 3/15/07
Sacramento Scanner frequenciesUpdated 6/23/07