Almost two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, the Swift RoadRailer heads for Southern California.

Shortly after the Pacific Parlour service began in 1995, one of the cars heads north on the Coast Starlight.

NORMAN OK (May) 1982 — Santa Fe GP40X 3809, GP50 3817 and GP50 3824 lead train 185 on approach to the Highway 9 overpass. EMD built the unit (s/n 776054-8) in May 1978 and delivered it in blue b... (more)

HASLET TX March 15 1981 — Santa Fe GP39-2 3696 is tied down in the passing siding. EMD built the unit (s/n 796314-1) in April 1980 and delivered it in blue body with yellow warbonnet livery. Aft... (more)

SP 4-8-2 4364 leads Second 23, the Beaver, at Gerber California in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Over two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, a northbound intermodal train passes Mount Shasta with a solid set of Espee power.

A northbound freight led by M630 BCOL 717 leaves Lillooet, BC for its run to Prince George, crossing the Fraser River on the north end of town where it will begin a long climb above the Fraser Riv... (more)

Passengers are boarding British Columbia Railway's "Caribou Dayliner" at their station in North Vancouver, BC. The two car train is the short version which on this day will operate only ... (more)

ATSF 575 leading an eastbound Q train takes five at Joliet near Union Station while the Employee Passenger Special gets under way just ahead of it. Soon both trains will be headed for Corwith Yard... (more)

Westbound on the CSXT(B&O) New Castle Sub approaching BD Interlocking

Santa Fe Alco S2 2330 Idles next to the shop at Corwith yard. in Chicago on a dreary day in November 1974 as it waits for its next job. Back in those days there were a number of these working the... (more)

Eastbound WEPX Empty Coal Train on the B&O/CSXT Akron Mainline/New Castle Sub.

Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 whistles as it meets an eastbound Burlington Northern Santa Fe double-stack train at Casa Blanca, four miles west of the Riverside Amtrak/Metrolink station. The steam engine i... (more)

Cotton Belt 60' flat car 854668, carrying a pair of M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (IFV), was built by Greenville Steel Car in April 1969. The Cotton Belt's parent company, Southern Pacifi... (more)

ATSF 104 & 105 slow to a stop at Joliet Union Station where they will uncouple from their train and run around to the rear for a return to Corwith, in Chicago. They are handling an employee passen... (more)