Birthday & Christmas Railfanning at Oakland Jack London Square (12/25/24) ft. Train Race & MORE!

To kick off my 16th birthday, I decided to head out to Oakland Jack London Square for some awesome action on Christmas Day. Despite the IOANP and Coast Starlight not being in this video due to me showing up at 11 AM, there was lots of cool action going on in this video. Timestamps are below:

Train 1(0:13): Capitol Corridor 729 with F59PHI 2003 & Cabcar 6964 (Point Arena). Nice opener for the railfanning trip as this train was running 40 minutes late.

Train 2(1:27): Deadhead Set with F59PHI 2010 & Cabcar 6962 (Point Bonita). This set will become San Joaquins 714 later today.

Train 3(3:23): Capitol Corridor 728 with Cabcar 8306 (Mt. Soledad) & F59PHI 2012. Awesome P5 Horn action as 8306 glides through the streets of Jack London Square towards Sacramento.

Train 4(6:06): San Joaquins 714 with Cabcar 6962 (Point Bonita) & F59PHI 2010. Awesome action from 6962 as it leaves OKJ bound for Bakersfield.

Train 5(8:45): Capitol Corridor 733 with SC-44 2101 & Cabcar 6965 (Point St. George).

Train 6(10:25): Deadhead Set with Cabcar 6965 (Point St. George) & SC-44 2101. This set will return as 738 later today.

Train 7(11:46): Capitol Corridor 737 with SC-44 2103 & Cabcar 8310 (Mt. Hamilton). Awesome horn action from my favorite Siemens charger!

Train 8(13:24): UP IOANP with GE ES44CA-H 8114 Leading. This train was still trying to wye power throughout the rest of the video.

Train 9(13:51): Deadhead Set with F59PHI 2009 & Cabcar 8307 (Mt. Baldy). Awesome catch of the mini train race and more view on 2009's worn-out nosefront. This will become San Joaquins 716 later today.

Train 10(19:39): (Not listed in this video) San Joaquins 716 with Cabcar 8307 (Mt. Baldy) & F59PHI 2009. Nice horn action from 8307 as it leads 716 past the halted IOANP.

(20:35) IOANP heads back to Oakland Yard.