Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
Bakersfield, Goshen, El Pinal, Lodi, Elvas Tower, Roseville, the entire San Joaquin Sub. Pre UP, all SP. It's "bloody noses", "Tunnel Motors", and ubiquitous SD40T-2 - in other words, all Southern Pacific.
*No AI was used to bring this show to you.* Read about our AI Policy and how we get videos ready for YouTube at: Pentrex.com/AI
*About Pentrex:* For 40+ Years we've been the leader in railroad video entertainment. See us at Pentrex.com and right here on YouTube, with the Official Pentrex Channel!
Pentrex also owns the railroad video entertainment brands Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. We have nearly 1,000 railroad videos and all will be uploaded to YouTube. Subscribe so you don't miss any rail action!
*About this show:* Southern Pacific's busy San Joaquin Subdivision runs through the beautiful agricultural heartland of California's Central Valley. This important North-South route helps link Los Angeles and Portland Oregon, and provides plenty of fantastic train watching spots.
Pentrex takes you back to 1996 to revisit this important Southern Pacific artery. You'll visit locations such as Bakersfield, Goshen, El Pinal, Lodi, Elvas Tower, and Roseville. During your journey, you will also be treated to sights of an elegantly restored station in Modesto, and a number of unique and impressive bridges along the way.
The variety of SP trains that roll through these fertile surroundings ranges from fast freights and locals to heavy coal drags that originated in Utah. Keeping freight moving between the two West Coast shipping ports requires lots of motive power, and a large assortment of old and new locomotives can be seen working hard to keep the railroad traffic flowing.
Beautiful vistas, interesting locations, ample California sunshine, and mainline activity make SP's Central California Mainline a great show!
Get this show on DVD, without the YouTube compression, at Pentrex.com: pentrex.com/DVD-SPs-Central-California-Mainline-DVD_SPCCM-DVD
0:00 California Mainline Map
0:53 Bakersfield Yard
2:37 San Joaquin Sub Map
5:58 Hot intermodal splits the signals
8:29 Pacing an SP freight
10:34 Goshen Jct
11:31 San Joaquin Valley Railroad
14:41 Caboose sighting!
18:16 Cotton Belt leads
19:30 The Raisin Capital of the World
20:06 Cargo Bandits!
24:37 South Fresno & Fresno Yard
26:47 Yard work and locals
29:58 Fergus
32:10 Foster Farms ALCo S6 switcher
33:34 Turlock
35:45 Modesto
38:11 Turlock Local
41:54 Lathrop & map
53:13 Lodi
56:33 Acampo
59:39 Dry Creek Trestle
1:03:59 Elvas Tower
1:06:54 SD45R Rebuild
1:08:04 The American River
1:10:48 SP's Roseville Yard
Thumbnail image by railfan photographer Roger Puta Via a Public Domain license
Bakersfield, Goshen, El Pinal, Lodi, Elvas Tower, Roseville, the entire San Joaquin Sub. Pre UP, all SP. It's "bloody noses", "Tunnel Motors", and ubiquitous SD40T-2 - in other words, all Southern Pacific.
*No AI was used to bring this show to you.* Read about our AI Policy and how we get videos ready for YouTube at: Pentrex.com/AI
*About Pentrex:* For 40+ Years we've been the leader in railroad video entertainment. See us at Pentrex.com and right here on YouTube, with the Official Pentrex Channel!
Pentrex also owns the railroad video entertainment brands Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. We have nearly 1,000 railroad videos and all will be uploaded to YouTube. Subscribe so you don't miss any rail action!
*About this show:* Southern Pacific's busy San Joaquin Subdivision runs through the beautiful agricultural heartland of California's Central Valley. This important North-South route helps link Los Angeles and Portland Oregon, and provides plenty of fantastic train watching spots.
Pentrex takes you back to 1996 to revisit this important Southern Pacific artery. You'll visit locations such as Bakersfield, Goshen, El Pinal, Lodi, Elvas Tower, and Roseville. During your journey, you will also be treated to sights of an elegantly restored station in Modesto, and a number of unique and impressive bridges along the way.
The variety of SP trains that roll through these fertile surroundings ranges from fast freights and locals to heavy coal drags that originated in Utah. Keeping freight moving between the two West Coast shipping ports requires lots of motive power, and a large assortment of old and new locomotives can be seen working hard to keep the railroad traffic flowing.
Beautiful vistas, interesting locations, ample California sunshine, and mainline activity make SP's Central California Mainline a great show!
Get this show on DVD, without the YouTube compression, at Pentrex.com: pentrex.com/DVD-SPs-Central-California-Mainline-DVD_SPCCM-DVD
0:00 California Mainline Map
0:53 Bakersfield Yard
2:37 San Joaquin Sub Map
5:58 Hot intermodal splits the signals
8:29 Pacing an SP freight
10:34 Goshen Jct
11:31 San Joaquin Valley Railroad
14:41 Caboose sighting!
18:16 Cotton Belt leads
19:30 The Raisin Capital of the World
20:06 Cargo Bandits!
24:37 South Fresno & Fresno Yard
26:47 Yard work and locals
29:58 Fergus
32:10 Foster Farms ALCo S6 switcher
33:34 Turlock
35:45 Modesto
38:11 Turlock Local
41:54 Lathrop & map
53:13 Lodi
56:33 Acampo
59:39 Dry Creek Trestle
1:03:59 Elvas Tower
1:06:54 SD45R Rebuild
1:08:04 The American River
1:10:48 SP's Roseville Yard
Thumbnail image by railfan photographer Roger Puta Via a Public Domain license
