Problems of overheating in exhaust-choked Sierra and Shasta tunnels led EMD and SP in the early 1970s to develop the SD45T and its predecessor SD40T. The answer turned out to be simple and elegant... (more)
Accompanied by the whine of dynamic breaks, Fort Worth & Denver F7A 752D with an F7B, a pair of SD9s and another F7 A-B combination, roll through Littleton on the final miles of their long trek fr... (more)
Just days out of General Electric’s Erie works on June 28, 1964, and showroom fresh, Southern Pacific U50 8500 simmers under the El Paso sun, about to lend its considerable 5,000 hp to a westbo... (more)
On the way to San Jose, Southern Pacific Peninsula commuter train 122 accelerates out of Bayshore in South San Francisco on September 29, 1970. Thanks to its quick acceleration, Fairbanks Morse Tr... (more)
Surely the second most beautiful thing in Daylight colors after the road’s celebrated 4-8-4’s, a matched set of Alco PA’s and PB’s basks outside Southern Pacific’s West Oakland Diesel Sh... (more)