A trio of former Southern Pacific tunnel motors lead a KYLE train across the desolate Kansas landscape.

Former Southern Pacific Tunnel Motor GEXR 3054 is on the point of the Buffalo & Pittsburgh's SIRI as it slows to a stop in the yard north of CP Harris. SIRI will wait for a local to clear up befor... (more)

After swapping crews with the RISI and working the yard, the Buffalo & Pittsburgh's SIRI is back on the move south. A former SP SD45T-2 is leading the train as it departs Johnsonburg, crossing ove... (more)

Looking more like a scene out the 1990's in Colorado, GEXR 3054, a former Southern Pacific tunnel motor, leads the Buffalo & Pittsburgh's SIRI freight from Salamanca to Riker. Falls colors are at ... (more)

A westbound officer special on the Siskiyou Line climbs the 3.6% grade between Ashland and Siskiyou Summit. Aboard are Oregon's two United States Senators and the Congressman for this district.

The engineer on the SP 9217 slowly begins to bring his train eastward out of the West Colton yard, and then head west up the Palmdale Cutoff over Cajon Pass.

SP 9177 leads Milwaukee Road 156, MILW 174 and MILW 168 up Cajon Pass. Seeing three Milwaukee Road engines on a single train was rather rare in Southern California.

As the Amtrak Pacific Railroad Society Mountain Outin Special heads westbound out of Mojave towards the Tehachapi Pass, we met many eastbound trains, including SP 9368. Every vestibule door was op... (more)

SP 9255 has been stopped on the eastbound main for quite a while waiting for a helper set, led by SP 9321 to return from Banning after helping an earlier eastbound over the pass.

The hills on Tehachapi are very dry as SP 6817 roars uphill in run 8 at Woodford. Soon the train will be crawling around the famous Tehachapi Loop.

A very dirty SP 9255 grinds up hill through San Timoteo Canyon as it heads east towards the summit of Banning Pass.

About ten miles out of Alturas, an eastbound train on the Modoc Line rolls at track speed. When the train reaches Likely, the climb to Sage Hen summit will begin.

Espee was no stranger to the Kansas City area, using ATSF and UP tracks east of KC and former Rock Island and MoPac tracks toward Tucumcari and Pueblo, respectively. The signal bridge says "S... (more)

A proud pup and his tunnel motors.