Southern Pacific tunnel motors lift a 98 car manifest toward the summit at Cajon.

Eastbound reefers from the San Joaquin have crested Cajon Summit, and are now dropping toward Colton.

A lumber drag of Oregon forest products rolls through the Joshua tree forest on the eastern side of Tehachapi.

A couple of sets of Rio Grande power rest behind the hump tower at the railroad’s yard in Grand Junction, Colorado, on July 8, 1988. EMD GP40 No. 3151 the former Penn Central/Conrail No. 3166, a... (more)

A trio of nine-month-old SD50’s leads Rio Grande Train 701 west through Oak Creek, Colorado.

Leaving Phippsburg for the Energy Mine, Rio Grande Train 701 is about to duck under Colorado Route 131.

Rio Grande Train 701 waits to depart the west end of the yard in Phippsburg, Colorado. The train of empty hoppers arrived earlier from Public Service of Colorado’s Cherokee Generation Station in... (more)

DRGW 5344 eastbound at Crescent, CO, Oct 3, 1982.

Typical of SP power consists in the last few years of the carrier's existence. Heading East up the Sacramento Valley/

An eastbound manifest rolls through the Butte Valley, in the shadow of Mount Shasta. The Friendly Southern Pacific has just a little over a year of independence remaining.

DRGW 5341 leads a southbound coal train across the S Platte River, in Denver, CO. Aug 13, 1983.

SP's loaded unit oil train was stretched out to the horizon near Ansel siding, CA.

The Pacific Coast Express is about two hours into its trip to Los Angeles as it nears a crew change at Eugene. The drawbridge towers in the background mark the location of Burlington Northern's p... (more)

On Thanksgiving afternoon, a loaded sugar beet train departs the Klamath Basin. The following morning, it will be interchanged to California Northern and forwarded to Holly Sugar's refinery at Ham... (more)

A four-unit set of Southern Pacific U30Cs (7931, 7915, 7911 and 7905) is in charge of an eastbound freight on December 26, 1972. This train is headed for the railroad's West Colton Yard, and is g... (more)