Three big AC4400s bring empty hoppers out of the Green River valley headed for Grand Junction on the former Rio Grande. Kodachrome.

Unrebuilt and bearing the rare block lettering this geep leads a great power mixture railroad west. This "model railroad" looking scene was captured by Chris Slean. From my collection.

The Southern Pacific brings in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey circus train into Salt Lake City. I believe it was coming from Oakland. Seen here in the evening at the north end of UP's... (more)

Sitting in the Belt Railway of Chicago's Clearing Yard is one of their TR4 "cow/calf" switcher sets, BRC TR4A 505 and TR4B 513. These were built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in Septe... (more)

Southern Pacific’s Costa Mesa local is seen returning on Metrolink's Orange Sub, which is uses from near the Anaheim Amtrak station to just beyond the Santa Ana passenger station, a distance of ... (more)

A long tight zoom on a westbound at Shawmut in the early morning.

A westbound at Shawmut AZ with monsoon storm clouds building to the northeast.

Southern Pacific train 1-BACI-T-2-05, an intermodal train which originated in Oakland CA and is headed to southern California's City of Industry (yes, that is the city's full name!), passes by the... (more)

Southern Pacific FP7 6450 with F7B and F7A leads train 54 the Sacramento-Los Angeles "Sacramento Daylight" at Bakersfield, California on April 24, 1964. Photo by Al Chione, from my collection. ... (more)

SP 8701, a rebuilt former C&NW SD45, is mated with a Cotton Belt GP60 passing through Camden, MO. This is joint track territory with the NS (former Wabash) track operated as a third mainline besid... (more)

Southern Pacific, SP 6819 E/B 1EUCHQ (First Eugene/Chicago Quality Merchandise which means finished lumber) at Kobe, CO with EMD 750 and an SP GE on April 17, 1997. Kobe was the location that most... (more)

Union Pacific, manned rear helpers SP 295 & 311 shoving on the rear of a coal train at Mitchell, Colorado on April 18, 1997. This train was SP 357 with another AC on the headend and 4 manned mid t... (more)

Daylights meet at San Luis Obispo

Back to back A units are in charge of SP train 99, the Coast Daylight, at Glendale California in 1958. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

Southern Pacific 184 waiting in the siding at East Vaughn, NM on the SP on December 16, 1995, with SP 343 with a mixed freight. This I believe is the first SP freight I saw with AC44CW's as the po... (more)