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Nice video! What drone do you have? Looks like it did a good job tracking you.

Nice video Doug. Looked like quite a crowd. Those pigeons sure like soaring around over town, don't they? Fortunately, they don't seem to mind drones. What drone were you using?

9:55 holy cow does that ship have some dark history with the government. Sick catch

You think of the nineties as recent. Then you remember that you're old.

2:39 back before smartphones when you couldn’t just look up a ship’s number.

One remarkable video….wow!

My ex sister in law worked the tower as a combination yard master and bridge operator she retired over 10 years ago

The bridge was built in 1930 to replace the ferry boats that hauled passenger trains between Benicia and Port Costa.

You mean an "E" ticket. Years ago Disneyland had a low entrance fee, but each ride needed a ticket. You bought books of tickets. The best rides needed an "E" ticket.

That was the best 1’34” use of my time ever! 🤣🤣🤣

I love that the Bridge Operator is at work dressed like he’s ready for a day at the beach 😂

16:17 that's the Hughes Glomar Explorer, the CIA ship that was used to pick up the K-129 Soviet submarine from impossible depths.

Impressive train ! Great drone shots, excellent video I appreciate your efforts ! Greetings from Orange County ,Ca; - Larry

Great time capsule

What a cool video, great job and thanks for sharing!

Great video, I couldn't get my wife to drive in 100 degree heat to Reno to see a train. She doesn't understand how much Union Pacific paid to get the 4014 running again and all the hard working UP crews. Sell video to UP for their advertising.

4014 was at the LA county fairgrounds for years. I climbed all over it as a kid . Feel close to this machine

Excellent work, the PIP and sound from the ground level segments are AWESOME! thanks for sharing.

Douglas! This is excellent stuff I was looking forward to your post with great anticipation!

I particularly like the final scene where you get close to the drivers of the 4014. Great use of picture within a picture. Magnificent chase!

Excellent <<Air to Surface>> videography,thanks a lot!!! 🚂

Wow, just wow! This is superb videography and editing. The drone shots are fantastic! It really is close to railfanning, which in reality is not all TQBRS (thanks to Steve for that acronym!) so the expansive overhead shots mixed with trackside shots is just fabulous. Thanks for the time you put into this so we can enjoy 4014 and the wonderful Nevada landscapes.

Awesome Doug I'm glad you posted what you got!

Will we see one from the Ireland trip?❤

Out here on the East Coast, all the cars are covered in graffiti. Amazing to see so many cars as clean as they came from the manufacturer.

Very nice. You were able to catch the full length of the train on the curve. Thanks.

Great spot!

She’s a bigg’un!!!

Nicely done!

Splendid!

SP207 got a full overhaul in 2012. Its now powered by the 12 cylinder diesel that came in the, at the time, modern Gevo locos.

I'll be there soon, also with drones. Nice to see what to expect. 👍🏻

Fascinating!

Fantastic video. I’ve gone past on the auto bridge hundreds of times over the past 60 years and twice over the rail bridge. This was a real treat to see the bridge’s operation!

I lived in Calpine for 20 years. When there was a lookout (an older woman) she would call in a “smoke” every morning when they started the old diesel water truck at Holstrom’s mill. I worked for the USFS then. Eventually, the pollution from the Central Valley made it hard to see anything from the lookouts. We went to helitack patrols after thunderstorms or when smokes were sighted. Thanks for this crystal clear drone video. I’m assuming that you are playing the piano. Also very nice.

That guy has probably got the coolest office on the whole SP at this time

FYI, UP's Big Boy 4014 is making its way to Roseville CA this summer. Westbound via Feather River departs Cheyenne June 30. Eastbound return end of July via Donner Pass. Will be there to see it!!!

Good one, . . . .

That’s a nice trip back in time, I used to do the I-680 commute across the bridge during the 90’s before most of the ships were scrapped. It was a nice view while stuck in traffic waiting to get through the tool booth.

Yes I miss the SP to they sold out to my least favorite railroad.😢

What an experience! Great video.

Today u have the Starlight,Zephyr and over a dozen Capitol Corridor trains in each direction crossing and a handfull of UP Freights,even Stack trains heading east/_west

Cool but death defying actually walking out on the bridge like that!

Loved it!! Long live the ESPEE snowfighters and 2nd generation Tunnel motors

Very very cool. Thanks to All of us that will never see this kind of ops in person!!

Wow!

Back when I680/780 was just the one bridge. I don't miss the weekend traffic out of the bay on that. Also back when the Mothball fleet still existed (although maybe there are still 2 left? pretty sure last I looked it was all gone and a relic of my childhood.)

So glad you captured that, definitely rare footage. Dolph Pierce used to run the bridge in the mid-80s, no idea either who the guy is in your video. I took 14 to work one morning from MTZ to Emeryville and it just happened to be the day when six tugs grabbed onto the Glomar Explorer to begin its slow journey to Texas, first top was Hunters Point in SF iirc. Bill Cotton was the conductor that day, was so neat to see a big boat leave and not immediately be cut up for scrap.

Simply awesome! 👍🏼👍🏼😊

Poor quality video