San Bernadino Station with private car. If you look to far right at blue Maverick, my Collie is at window. My 70's photos:https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/

Southern Pacific, SP Plasser American Track Stabilizer on the Sunset Route on March 22, 1996 at Picachio, AZ. Roster shot.

Westbound CPKC train 301 passes the station in the tourist town of Banff, Alberta in Banff National Park with a rare gray Kansas City Southern de Mexico GE leader. Since the 2023 merger of Canadia... (more)

Southern Pacific train 131 departs San Francisco. My 70's photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/

In 1929, the official Southern Pacific "Sunset" logo, some ten feet in diameter and made entirely out of leaded glass, was placed high up on the westerly end of the big train shed, overl... (more)

Light Power as seen from 7th street ovverpass

Rock Island's GP-7's were not equipped for suburban service, and so 1217 must be functioning as a switcher or pilot rather than the motive power for the whole train. That duty is probably going ... (more)

Had to laugh when I saw this TTOX 2-wheel flatcar head out on this KC to Chicago freight train. You can hardly have one of these on a light power move anymore. Back in 1994, things seemed a little... (more)

I don't remember a lot of Chicago to KC Q-trains running, so I think this was a little odd for 1995. Also odd was how the Santa Fe found the CNW 6564 unit. The 6564 was the one-off that was rebuil... (more)

A local tiptoes by some old buildings with cars for an industry. Lucky business. As I recall IC Industries was more interested in bottling fizzy sugar water or some such at that time. Photo by ... (more)

Southern Pacific SW1500s 2552 and 2632, now owned by Union Pacific, work the UP's Huntington Beach Local. These two "Cruds" have cut a Centerflow covered hopper off their train and are ... (more)

The Rio Grande has the Wasatch Mountains to cross and the top is called Soldier Summit. The base of the grade where it starts is Helper, Utah. Hence the name where helpers are added to trains to m... (more)

A Suffern Turn has dropped a cut of cars and two switchers in Hillburn Yard and is now running light to grab it's pulls. Power is an ex Penn Central GP35, an ex Lehigh Valley GP38AC, and an ex Eri... (more)

Chessie B&O 4130-7225-8401, crossing the Youghiogheny River coming off the FM&P at S Connellsville, Pennsylvania. May 8, 1987. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Here's another forgotten slide of half a dozen Southern cabooses. The railroad was already Norfolk Southern but there's no evidence of the merger here. The number X420 goes along with Sweetwater 4... (more)