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)