Southern Pacific 8028 leads an eastbound intermodal train out of the Tucson yard.

Twenty Southern Pacific GP-9s and one SW-1500 sit in storage inside the SP Taylor Yard in Los Angeles.

SP 6338, SP 8959 and SP 2535 at the Tucson Locomotive Plant. The sign on the left promotes the successful 1982 - 1983 safety record for the facility.

SP 1606 slug, along with SP 7942 and SP 7858 at the diesel service area in the Tucson yard. Photo taken with permission.

SP Kodachrome 7384 roars east out of Tucson with a mixed manifest.

The power on the SP 7384 east is being fueled and serviced at the east end of the Tucson yard, while SP 7403 prepares to move west and couple on to its train. Photo taken with permission.

SP 8492 leads a westbound train off the Sunset Route main line in Tucson, and heads down the track towards Nogales.

Union Pacific 795, which is the former WP 3013, sits in the siding at Bowie while a westbound doublestack, led by Cotton Belt 9675, roars past.

Union Pacific 795, which is the former WP 3013, sits in the siding at Bowie while it waits for a train to run around it. Note the old SP coal tower in the distance.

The engineer on the SP 7480 east chats with the conductor as they wait to do a roll-by inspection on an approaching westbound train coming out of Tucson.

SP 7551 shows of the special Santa Fe - Southern Pacific "Kodachrome" merger paint scheme, with the white SP on the nose and side of the unit. The unit was sitting at the diesel service ... (more)

BN 2725 brings a local train south through Blaine, Washington near the US Canadian border.

Oakway 9017, Oakway 9031, and BN 6344 lead a westbound doublestack along the Puget Sound in Edmonds as it heads towards Seattle. Photo by Steve Jessup, part of the James Doughty collection.

Missouri Pacific caboose 13958 and Western Pacific caboose 435 are part of a set of cabooses waiting to depart on a train from the Union Pacific yard in Yermo, CA.

The early morning light greets the UP 1355 as it waits to go back into the Jenks Locomotive Shop for more rebuild work. Photo taken with permission.