One of the first eastbound trains on the Modoc Line after the SP/DRGW merger nears a crew change at Wendel, California.

Parked in the middle of the yard, a pair of SP ACs await their next assignment. From here, they could either head toward Fresno, Bakersfield, and Tehachapi Pass. up the East Valley Line toward Ore... (more)

On Labor Day 1988, an eastbound SP drag takes siding for Amtrak 11 on the south side of Albany. At the time, it was common for SP to use first generation power on trains in the Willamette Valley b... (more)

Arrival in the Hollister yard, at one time the track went as far as Tres Pinos

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.

SP 8274 leads SP 7374, SP 8298, SP 9166, SP 8942, SP 8247 and 100 cars through Vaughn at 6:00 pm as storm clouds build.

SP 8266 leads six other EMD locomotives west up the steep grade near Chamiso Siding. Interesting to note that all seven locomotives are facing the same direction. Ah, the good ole days on the SP s... (more)

An extremely dirty SP 8564 leads a very colorful consist, with SF 7494, WC 6594, and CSX 8474 east at Empirita, Arizona. The SP 8564 definitely needs at least a few times through the wash racks,... (more)

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, and... (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 D... (more)