An F and an E bring SP’s westbound Train 1, “Sunset Limited,” to a passenger stop at Lake Charles, La. in the evening sunshine on Jan. 7, 1970 when the days were short. Unless they get sw... (more)

SP’s Train 2 “Sunset Limited” leaves Houston, Texas headed to Louisiana and final terminal New Orleans. FP7 6453 is assisted by a SDP45.

SP’s Train 12 “Cascade” left Eugene, Oregon five minutes ago before it picked up train orders at Burma where new CTC signals were being installed. It’s now 6:20 a.m. and the Alco PA’s h... (more)

Three Alco PA’s rush SP’s first section of Train 11, “Cascade,” past Canby where it met Extra 5349 in the siding, 25 miles out of Portland, Ore., on April 11, 1964. Tomorrow the train wil... (more)

Amtrak train number one, the "Sunset Limited" was passing through Sierra Blanca, TX.

SP SDP45 3201 on the point of No. 98, the southbound Coast Daylight, as the train arrives in Palo Alto in August 1970. The 3201 still has the L-shaped engineer's windshield. Kodachrome-X

SP SDP45 3209 with F7B 8127 and 8109 passing Santa Clara with a 10-car Coast Daylight TR. 99 with mainly Sunset Limited cars going to San Francisco for cleaning. Kodachrome II

Special round trip LA to Bakersfield & return

With an E9 and two E7B's, SP's eastbound "Golden State" Train 2 steps along smartly at Olga, Ariz. on Sept. 8, 1964.

With three F units, SP hustles Mail Train 39 westward at Tully, Ariz. on Sept. 9, 1964 as a storm brews behind it. The train was received from the Rock Island at Tucumcari, N.M.

With an E9 and two E7B units, the 17 car eastbound Golden State sprints at track speed across Arizona about 62 miles east of Tucson at Tully siding.

SP's Coastal mail Train 154 is "eastbound" (southbound) at Narlon en route L.A. on Oct. 19, 1964. A single rider coach is on the rear.

Someone in Sparks had a sense of humor when they tacked this "showroom condition" F7 on the point of Espee's premiere transcontinental streamliner, the City of San Francisco, seen here near runnin... (more)

The Coast Daylight departing San Jose behind two of SP's "torpedo boat" GP9's