SP 7825 heads back into West Colton yard to hook on to its train while a long intermodal heads east towards Banning Pass.

SP 7449 leads a mixed manifest south out of Fresno, California.

SP 7874, sporting the SP- Santa Fe "kodachrome" merger paint scheme, sits at the spur track near the east switch at Bena.

Daylight Indoors. On July 9, 2009, Southern Pacific 4449 "Northern" GS-4 4-8-4 (Lima, 1941), the sole surviving "Daylight" locomotive had just arrived at the Friends of ... (more)

UP 6379, one of the few remaining AC4400CWs still in Southern Pacific garb, leads loaded CPKC sand train 640, seen here running through Glenview, IL due to the dispatcher's decision to run the tra... (more)

Southern Pacific 7560 and Conrail 6606 idle in the Bakersfield diesel service a few days after Thanksgiving.

Southern Pacific 8321 is the lone helper on an eastbound manifest as it rolls down the hill in Cajon Pass, while an eastbound Santa Fe works up the hill towards Summit.

The engineer on SP 9160 opens the window to get some fresh air after exiting tunnel 3. His manned helper set is pushing hard on an eastbound loaded manifest as they climb the steep grade on Tehac... (more)

Eighteen car SP train 56 is seen at Glendale station in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4117 leads train 60, the West Coast, through Los Angeles California on July 27th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4101 leads 69 cars of the first 813 west with SP 4103 helping, at Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A set of light power is drifting downgrade at Shawmut.

A varied consist is diverging north towards Phoenix off the main at Picacho.

A peek into the Diesel House reveals Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 309 on Track 3, along with several other Union Pacific locomotives on adjoining tracks, at UP’s former Rio Grande Burnham Sh... (more)

Working the Roseville Yard's hump are a Southern Pacific "Cow & Calf" set. SP 1112 is an SW8 (ex-SP 4607), and SP 1150 is a TR6B (the former SP 4700). These two are painted in the Espe... (more)