STREETCAR MIKE'S MYSTERY TRIPS
CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY
on AUGUST 18, 2025
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I was approved to get my floating holiday on Tuesday, so I made this an overnight trip to Sacramento. Photography started with Manteca Transit, then San Joaquin RTD in Stockton. Got lucky in finding a New Flyer XH40 on route 555, so I took pictures. Drove by the downtown transit center and saw what I thought was the same bus assigned to the 578. However, it was a different fleet number, so I captured two hydrogen buses. Went by the Miracle Mile on Pacific Avenue and got photos of a Gillig battery bus on the 40 local along with an express liveried Nova Bus articulated. Next was stopping in Lodi, where I managed to get a few low floor cutaways and a Gillig. A lucky Lodi Unified School District bus and a South County Transit express from Cosumnes River College in Sacramento went by me at the north end of Cherokee Lane. Then I checked Elk Grove and got one local route using an RT bus and an express line using an original eTrans livery bus.

Nikon D5600 camera yielded 166 photos including one cropped version.




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