A rare Geneva Utah bound taconite load with 3 SP GE's and a mix of hoppers. I believe these were symbolled something like ST815.

SP power brings a BN manifest train from Superior WI on the Hinckley Subdivision to Northtown.

With the grungiest looking motor on the point, a SP double stack train heads into the sunset.

A SP and Rio Grande unit lead an empty taconite train from Geneva Steel.

A former SP FM H12-44 rests at a locomotive dealer near El Paso in the spring of 1979 Note the old as delivered Barrel Headlights

Night moves. The crew of Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 stops to confer with their colleagues on SP Locomotive #9, as their two freights pass each other in the yard at Laws, California. <... (more)

A Slim Princess Sunset. The setting sun bursts through the cab windows of Southern Pacific Locomotive #18, the "Slim Princess", as a clear, chilly March day comes to an end in the... (more)

A busy afternoon in Laws. The little Southern Pacific Yard in Laws, California suddenly gets a bit busy with Locomotive #18 in the background freshly fueled and watered and ready to take th... (more)

Perfect alignment. A Southern Pacific Brakeman muscles the bridge of the gallows-style, "Armstrong" turntable into perfect alignment as his crew prepares to turn Locomotive #18 in... (more)

The "Slim Princess" steps onto the table. Watching the track interface carefully, the fireman on Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 carefully marshals his locomotive onto the gallows... (more)

Heading out into the Owens Valley. A Southern Pacific Conductor watches from the back platform of Combine/Caboose 401 as his short mixed train leaves the south yard in Laws, California, hea... (more)

Hay-burners and oil-burners. A young horsewoman with a pack mule in tow, crosses the Southern Pacific tracks near the depot in Laws, California, headed for the nearby hills with supplies fo... (more)

Maintenance in the way. A track crew working in the Southern Pacific's yard at Laws, California, makes a mad dash for the track car set-out, as the impatient crew of a scheduled southbound ... (more)

SP 9 makes the last steam run on the SP narrow gauge, from Owenyo to Keeler and return. It was retained as a backup for the single diesel on the line, and that morning the diesel returned on a (st... (more)

Heading South! With a freight train in tow, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin 10-wheeler #18 slowly rolls through the yard at Laws, California, heading south on a morning run to Owenyo and Kee... (more)