Commuter Line-up at Cahill St. Station Some more 70s photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/

Four GE motors hustle a Los Angeles, CA to Alliance, TX Z-Train up the 2% grade of Cajon Pass as it approaches Hill 582.

An extra Kaiser Hauler descends down Cajon Pass as it rounds Sullivan's Curve.

The Cajon Helpers descends down Main 3 after helping push an eastbound train over the steep Cajon Pass.

Electro-Motive Division Tunnel Motor diesels solved a tricky problem: Locomotives operate in all climates, from scorching desert heat to frigid Canadian winters. An ample supply of fresh air is al... (more)

Southern Pacific train 129 departs San Francisco. Some more 70s photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/

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

Waiting for crew change

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)

Southern Pacific Railroad owned and operated eleven classes of cab forward steam locomotives. Their AC-12 class of simple articulated 4-8-8-2 cab forward steam locomotives was the last class of s... (more)

There is a lot to see at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. But, if you're lucky enough to get into the old Central Pacific/Southern Pacific shops nearby, there is even more to s... (more)

BNSF Railway High-Priority Freight H-BARSDG1-02A, heading to San Diego from Barstow, has just hopped onto Metrolink's Olive Sub after holding at Atwood (on the BNSF’s San Bernardino Sub) for eas... (more)

Passing under the Carquinez Bridge, which carries Interstate 80 across the Carquinez Strait and to, eventually, Teaneck, New Jersey, is Amtrak San Joaquin 712. Amtrak Non-Powered Control U... (more)

Off display and back in the old Central Pacific Shop complex (much of it built in 1968) where the California State Railroad Museum stores and works on a variety of equipment in their collection, i... (more)

California Western excursion. For more 70's photos - https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/