This odd structure once stood at Sage Hen on the Modoc Line. Not long after Rio Grande Industries acquired Southern Pacific in fall 1988, an eastbound passes the shack.
An eastbound train on the Modoc Line has arrived at Wendel, where the midtrain helpers will be set out. Southern Pacific had less than a month of independence remaining.
Southern Pacific GP9 3403 (ex-SP subsidiary Texas & New Orleans 403) and GP9E 3370 (ex-SP GP9 3556, née-TNO 434) back into an industrial complex to drop off some box cars as SP's Huntington Be... (more)
A westbound SP merchandise freight passes under the MO 994.0 cantilever signal at Winot, AZ near sunset. Photographer: Emery Gulash. John E. Troxler collection. Kodachrome slide.
EMD 645s and smoke belching tunnels. Exhaust erupts from Tunnel 5 as the mid-train helpers provide 12,000 horsepower to assist the daily "Oil Can" train as it struggles upgrade through ... (more)