Nearly-new Amtrak SDP40F 504 gets watered at Los Angeles Union Station after bringing in train #3, the westbound Southwest Limited, on June 26th, 1973. For a short time, as the Amtrak 500s... (more)

And he carries the reminders of ev'ry glove that laid him down ... But the fighter still remains. Built in January 1950 as part of Western Pacific F7 A-B-B-A set 921. By September 3rd, 19... (more)

Electro-Motive lease-fleet SD70M 7001 guides a train downgrade at Woodford, in California's Tehachapi Mountains, on July 17, 1999.

A pair of Western Pacific cabooses, 444 and 474, were found in the railroad's yard in Oroville, California, on September 3rd, 1973.

A trainload of sugar beets holds the siding at Walong, more popularly known at the Tehachapi Loop, on October 22nd, 1972. This unit train is lead by U33C 8689, a pair of SD39s and a U30C.

Chicago & North Western Dash 9-44CW 8637 leads a southbound Union Pacific train under Highway 58 in Woodford, California, as it climbs toward the summit at Tehachapi. The train's consist includes... (more)

Rounding the famed Tehachapi Loop is a four-unit helper set, consisting of three Southern Pacific U30C diesels and one SP SD40. (October 22, 1972)

Resting between assignments in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on August 29th, 1973, is Rock Island GP40 4715.

A four-unit helper set, consisting of a pair of SD45s (one each from Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt), an SP SD40 and an SP U33C, rounds the Tehachapi Loop on October 22, 1972.

Rio Grande SD45s 5340 and 5325 sit near the sanding towers in the railroad's facility in Pueblo, Colorado, on August 28th, 1973.

Found in Union Pacific's East Yard, just southeast of downtown Los Angeles, is an impressive string of fairly new U30Cs. 2837 was built by General Electric in March of 1973, just three months bef... (more)

Rio Grande F9A 5771 gets serviced in the road's Burnham Shops in Denver, Colorado, on August 29th, 1973. Rio Grande was one of the few railroads (along with Rock Island and Southern Railway) that... (more)

McCloud River SD38 38 rounds a curve near Bigelow in northern California. In the background, rising 9,822 ft (2,994 m) above the surrounding terrain, is 14,179 feet (4,322 m) Mount Shasta, a pote... (more)

At Tucumcari, New Mexico, midwestern grainger railroad Rock Island interchanged with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Having just swapped power in Tucumcari, this freight is now a Rock Island train... (more)

Trona Railway SD45-2s 3003 and 3001 are on the head-end of a train at Fleta, California, on April 11th, 2004. These units were on lease to the Union Pacific at this time. TRC 3003 is the former ... (more)