On August 2, 1996, Southern Pacific’s westbound KCOAF (Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder) has just arrived at Colorado’s scenic Tennessee Pass. Led by EMD SD40M-2 No. 8650 (still looking like a... (more)

Rolling southward freight (eastbound in Southern Pacific parlance), a trio of EMD SD45s, consisting of SP 8898, 9120 and 9100, is nineteen miles from San Luis Obispo, at which point this crew will... (more)

SSW 7253 west leads the CHLAX double stack train through the new double track at Tully on the Sp Lordsburg district east of Tucson.

SP's brand new GE B39-8 units 8028,29,30 and 31 are in charge of the LANTA (Los Angeles-North Texas Autos) leaving Tucson passing under a classic cantilever signal tower just east of Tucson yard.

Passing another train that is tied down in a siding, a westbound Southern Pacific freight, led by Cotton Belt GE B40-8 No. 8080, approaches Tucson at Wilmot, Arizona, on the afternoon of April 21,... (more)

Brand new SP 8004, 8005, 8006 & 8007 lead the hot Sealand double stack to Chicago as it comes into Tucson for a crew change.

Southern Pacific train No. 52, the southbound "San Joaquin Daylight," running south of Caliente in the Tehachapi Mountains of Southern California in January 1960. Photo by Southern Pacif... (more)

New SP GP40P-2 3197 leads bi-levels on commuter train #112 near San Francisco, CA in 1976. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.

Under a near picture-perfect sky, a Wisconsin Central freight heads northbound out of Duplainville, Wisconsin, on March 15, 1996. The train is powered by Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 119, and ... (more)

Pulling the grade out of the valley of the Green River in the desolate landscape surrounding the Book Cliffs of Utah, SP 350 leads CTRN coal empties toward Grand Junction, CO and the North Fork Br... (more)

Doing the Crater curl
On the morning of July 31, 1996, a Southern Pacific coal train climbs through the Crater Loops at Crater, Colorado, on the former Rio Grande Craig Branch. Five Gen... (more)

Improvised helpers on the Hill As a Southern Pacific eastbound, powered by SP U33C 8771, U33C 8635, SD45T-2 9212 and SD45 8928, stalled while climbing over the Tehachapi Mountains when ... (more)

Two cowls and an AC
Wisconsin Central train 45 descends Byron Hill at Hamilton, Wisconsin, on the afternoon of June 11, 1996. Powering the westbound train that is nearing the crew chang... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific train has taken the siding at the east end of the Grover Block to await a meet with a westbound freight with SP 8114 leading. This eastbound, heading toward Los Ange... (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 to spot at an in... (more)