A typical mid-'70s Southern Pacific lash-up - a trio of SD45s and a U33C - pass the Colton Tower, which controls the crossing of the SP and the Santa Fe (over which the Union Pacific has trackage ... (more)
On May 12th, 1981, Southern Pacific 4449, a GS-4 class 4-8-4 (owned by the city of Portland, Oregon), leads a short officer special eastbound through Mojave, California, after conquering the cross... (more)
A Santa Fe local departs Fullerton behind a pair of GP7u diesels: 2072 (ex-ATSF GP7 2888) and 2069 (ex-ATSF GP7 2832). Each of these units has been rebuilt by the railroad's Cleburne Shops, havin... (more)
12,000 horsepower is at work as a quartet of four-year-old Cotton Belt GP40-2s, led by SSW 7657, kicks up dust as they pull a piggyback train through City of Industry, California, on April 1st, 19... (more)
A quintet of 4-axle power leads an eastbound Southern Pacific piggyback train past the railroad's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on March 6th, 1985. On the headend is SP B36-7 7762,... (more)