SP SD40M-2 8701, a rebuilt CNW SD45, leads a westbound ascending the grade from the Colorado River valley at Cisco, UT. The incredible scenery where the railroad follows the river and redrock clif... (more)

A rare Geneva Utah bound taconite load with 3 SP GE's and a mix of hoppers. I believe these were symbolled something like ST815.

SP power brings a BN manifest train from Superior WI on the Hinckley Subdivision to Northtown.

With the grungiest looking motor on the point, a SP double stack train heads into the sunset.

Using trackage rights on the BN from KC-Chicago, a SP intermodal train travels east thru the outskirts of Galesburg IL.

A SP and Rio Grande unit lead an empty taconite train from Geneva Steel.

Heading South! With a freight train in tow, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin 10-wheeler #18 slowly rolls through the yard at Laws, California, heading south on a morning run to Owenyo and Kee... (more)

Alpenglow. A combination of direct sunlight and diffracted light ("alpenglow") illuminates the peaks of the Sierra on the west side of the Owens Valley as a Southern Pacific crew ... (more)

The fort actually had an SP station out by one of the gates, as well as a passing siding. Here a WB is waiting on a fine cool winter's morning.

Light power on the B&O. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.

A contractor fuels the locomotives on the "Shasta Daylight 1990" special at Redding, California. The train would soon move into the passenger depot to entrain passengers for the return t... (more)

A Swift RoadRailer train rolls southward through the Sacramento River Canyon.

Southern Pacific EMD SD45 8982 is seen at the former Nickel Plate Road yard in 1978.

Three years after Southern Pacific was acquired by Union Pacific, a westbound manifest rolls down the Shasta Route.

UP 1158, one of the last GP60s still wearing the Cotton Belt paint scheme, rolls through Des Plaines, IL during a light snow shower headed for Proviso with the LJA50 turn.