At dusk in San Francisco, the "Daylight" drumhead shines proudly on the observation car at the end of the Worlds Fair Daylight. The observation, dressed up in Daylight colors to punctuat... (more)
Somebody has written "Too young to die" across the top front of WP F7A No. 915-D. Indeed, during the 70s, many of WP's F7As were traded in for newer EMDs.
Early in the morning, a UP stack train heads east out of Tucson. In the distance is Tucson Electric Power's coal-fired Irvington Power Plant.
Close to sunset, a pair of BNSF geeps pushes a string of tank cars into the industrial tracks in front of Attebury Grain's huge elevator. The facility lies along BNSF's Wichita Falls Sub.
A southbound UP local passes the Ardent Mills grain elevator in Saginaw, TX. The local is headed for Ney Yard in Ft. Worth with freshly repaired tank cars from a Trinity railcar repair facility no... (more)
BN SD40-2 No. 6338 idles in the yard at Portland, OR.
Late in the day, a northbound NS manifest drops down off the Cincinnati Southern Bridge and heads for Gest Street Yard. In the foreground is the half-dome roof of Cincinnati Union Terminal, now th... (more)
WP NW2 No. 608 sits on the turntable tracks next to Tidewater Southern Alco RS1 No. 746. No. 608 is now on display in restored paint at the Portola Railroad Museum.
A CBRY OT2 with another load of copper ore from Ray Mine exits tunnel 2 on the way to the smelter at Hayden, AZ. No. 502, the lead GP39-2, was built as Kennecott Copper No. 796.
As the marine layer clears way at mid-morning, a shiny C40-8W leads a westbound manifest along the shores of Suisun Bay in Antioch.
An FM H-12-44 works the big bi-level commuter coaches at 4th & Townsend on a Saturday morning.
Late in the day, Amtrak No. 4 slows at Wagon Mound to run through the siding. Sitting on the main behind the photographer is a BNSF Z train.
Led by new GE AC No. 335, a westbound SP coming off Donner Pass prepares to duck under the uphill track at Rocklin.
SP power for its Kentucky House Branch, Ione Branch, and local switching duties sits in the small engine facility just east of the main line in Lodi.
On a sunny winter afternoon, CCT No. 41 sits on one of the roundhouse track at WP's roundhouse awaiting repairs.
