UP 1996 vs. Amtrak Capitol Corridor across Benicia Bridge

I intercepted the Union Pacific SD70ACe #1996, the Southern Pacific Heritage Unit crossing the Benicia-Martinez Bridge in California. It, along with two SD70M's are pulling a very high priority (Z train) doublestack.

By luck, Amtrak Capitol Corridor train arrived later and raced it across the bridge while my camera was rolling.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Union
• Pacific
• EMD
• SD70ACe
• 1996
• Heritage
• Amtrak
• Capitol
• Corridor
• F59PHI

[CQDX018]

Nice catch! SP 1996 is the Z train king!

[Amtrakdavis22]

Wow, great catch of the SP. I like it when two trains race each other. Great job.

[hawleywe]

@eclipsegsx765 these units were debuted in 2006. UP wanted to pay respects to the fallen flags so they created heritage units

[trainmcp1138]

What an awesome show. Great looking location for train watching. Great job.!!!!!!

[eclipsegsx765]

damn, SP stopped in 96 this engine is really clean. or is this back in 96? lol.

[theUPman100]

Espee wins this round!

[kyla2112]

@kyla2112 By the way, did the Capitol Corridor go up the incline then? I would like to see that too!

[kyla2112]

Is there public access to this point? I cross this bridge every day and have always wanted to watch a train from there. Great video!

[hoorider13]

Nice catch!

[millsfireman]

Lol from the start it did look like they were racing.

[penguingeneral2]

Now that's what I call a race.

[gnair227]

There are so many types of trains in California all we have in Virginia is is Amtrak,Norfolk Southern, Old Conrail Units,Virginia Railway Express, Csx, and some Union pacific plus small railways like Winchester & Westren but not as many commuter trains exept Marc which is from Maryland and VRE Virginia Railway Express