The TPW is seen here making a run around move at the TPW - ADM transfer yard in the late evening sun.

An empty coal train waits at Wolf Road for a fresh crew to come and wye the power before heading over the ATC territory west of Park (Elmhurst).

A pair of ratty looking patched SP SD40M-2s sit dead at Proviso.

Retired former SP power sits at Proviso Global Two Yard prior to movement to storage on a cold winter day.

A pair of patched SP SD40M-2s sit at Proviso Yard waiting to be moved west to Sterling for storage.

A patched SP unit pushes on the rear of an eastbound coal train.

The former SP 2755 idles around the day after Thanksgiving at Tracy, the work here is finished early so it will likely be shut off soon.

A deadline train of SD40M-2's waits to get clearance into Yard Center. These units had long careers with UP and SP, and were used extensively throughout the country on both railroads before finall... (more)

The desolate silence is temporarily interupted by the whine of dynamic brakes, as three EMDs bring a cut of empty covered hoppers back from the Union Pacific interchange at Searles. The geologic ... (more)

The former SP 7661 spends another night at Tracy. Not as good looking as it was in 1980, at least it isn't yellow yet!

During the longer days of summer it is possible to get the usually nocturnal freight trains on the CalTrain Peninsula line. The Mission Bay Local is putting its train together while in the backg... (more)

Three of Union Pacific’s dwindling fleet of ex SP AC4400’s lead the MNYRO out of the Horse Creek horseshoe curve on the ascent to Utah’s Soldier Summit. Location is just below Kyune on UPâ€... (more)

Three SP AC4400’s lead Union Pacific’s MNYRO westbound up Price River Canyon just east of Kyune in Utah. Also in the consist are 2 UP SD60M’s picked up in Helper yard. They are “dirt trai... (more)

Seeing a patched SP AC4400CW in the yard, this morning, was quite a nice treat! The old round house still stands in the background, but for how much longer?

SP (CEFX) 9395 and IORY 4011 back into an industry, in Peoria.