SP 8650 leads a double-stack train along the KCT Railway at the UP (former MP Coffeyville Sub) crossing at Sheffield. The 8650 is a former C&NW SD45 rebuilt as an SD40M-2. It's in the company of a... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific freight train treads the long, elevated viaduct approach for MacArthur Bridge over the Mississippi River at East St. Louis, Illinois, in December 1984. Powering the tr... (more)

My dad captured a rare occurrence here. A hotshot Southern Pacific train is running on the Union Pacific, ex Western Pacific (Shafter Subdivision). My assumption is the Southern Pacific Causeway i... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific (subsidiary St. Louis Southwestern, more commonly known as the Cotton Belt) freight train crosses the massive Thebes Bridge over the Mississippi River jointly owned w... (more)

Shiny Southern Pacific AC4400CW are found on the Pleasant Valley Subdivision loading a coal train. I think the Pleasant Valley Subdivision is the most forested, railroad location in the state. Tom... (more)

A set of four Southern Pacific SD39s was sitting in the railroad’s Taylor Yard, consisting of SP 5316, 5322, 5321 and 5301. These engines were built in late 1968. (Los Angeles, California – ... (more)

"May Gray" has changed into "June Gloom" (low-altitude stratus clouds which form over the cool water of the Pacific Ocean’s California Current, and spread overnight into the ... (more)

Three SP F7's A-B-A set wearing black widow paint scheme, on helper duty at Truckee, California in January 1955. Don Hansen photo from my collection.

Ten months, almost to the day, after the Union Pacific officially took over ownership if the mighty Southern Pacific, a trio of still-unrenumbered AC4400CWs, among the last locomotives purchased b... (more)

How often can the crew hang out of the cab, and see their own rear end device. What I believe to be captive power to Colton yard. With SDP45's on the ends, and a SD9 and I believe an SD39, The odd... (more)

I don't know the back story of why these these two beast were in town. SDP45's 3207 and 3201 are at the Salt Lake City, Union Pacific depot, hooked to Amtrak 314. If you were standing in this spot... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific taconite ore train begins the steep three-percent descent of Tennessee Pass as it exits the summit tunnel east of Mitchell, Colorado, on the afternoon of August 2, 199... (more)

A couple Southern Pacific AC4400CW's 349 341 haul a manifest over the ex Rio Grande main. Price River Canyon.

SP SD40T-2 8288, D&RGW SD45 5329, SP SD45-T2 9309 and SD40-T2 8354 are grinding up Cajon Pass. Sullivan's Curve is in the background.