A year after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, a train on the Shasta Route does not display any indication of the change.
With a storm brewing over the Trinity Alps, a pair of ex-Southern Pacific SD70Ms depart Black Butte with a manifest, heading for Oregon.
Imagine my surprise when during a furtive little drive and a "hardy hi you silver" found this beast sitting, waiting for its run. Got him on the road and the sun was great, but on the wrong side... (more)
A fine example of the ill-fated "Kodachrome" paint scheme this unit also has something called the "5 Cab" for cabooseless operation on locals. Photo by Dave Petke. From my co... (more)
Mixed consist going fast. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.
A pair of Southern Pacific AC4400s send a bit of smoke skyward while exiting the east end of the passing siding at Avondale, CO on BNSF's Pueblo Sub. In another 10 or so miles this loaded coal tr... (more)
Early sales of EMD SD70Ms from the 70 Series was slow at first, with a lot of floor space at the builder devoted to erecting A.C. traction SD70MACs. One exception was a small order of 25 SD70Ms fo... (more)