A special Amtrak train from Portland, Oregon to Redding, California has just crossed over the Oregon/California state line on the Shasta Route. The original California Northeastern grade can be se... (more)
Grinding up and over the Tehachapi Mountains, a Southern Pacific eastbound is pulled by SP B30-7 7803, teamed with a Cotton Belt GP20 and an SP GP35. (Keene, California – September 4, 1978)
Seven-year-old Southern Pacific GP38-2 4800 leads a "Hauler" passing through Walnut on its way from West Colton Yard to Los Angeles’ Taylor Yard. Three SP GP38-2s are teamed with an SDP45 and a... (more)