Lease unit GMTX 2136 idles with two UP units in the Odessa yard on a clear morning.

After helping to bring in a coal train, NW 8059 sits near the Cheyenne roundhouse.

WP 3551 and UP 1226 sit in the UP East Los Angeles yard on another hazy day. Back in those days, the word "smog" could be easily be used instead of the "hazy". Photo taken wi... (more)

SP 7297 leads BN 8088, BN b-unit 4040 and BN 8137 east out of the Tucson yard. Photo taken with permission.

SP 8330 leads SP 7375, RG 3125, RG 3113, RG 3127 and RG 3069 east past the old coaling tower located in downtown Tucson. Soon the train will be making a crew change in the Tucson yard, and then h... (more)

Pool power was rather common on the Sunset Route in Tucson, and sometimes I would see a train with more than an ample amount of power. Here is UP 4816 west, followed by UP 3293, UP 5584, UP 9417,... (more)

Eastbound SP 7247 has stopped while a westbound train goes through the process of taking the SP 7336 out of their consist and putting it on the head end of the eastbound train. It is a cold Janua... (more)

Santa Fe Kodachrome 1564 leads the Harbor Train through the yard in San Bernardino. This train had all sorts of problems due to the old Kaiser Steel slag cars that were being shipped to China. A... (more)

It is a clear, cool morning as UP 3630 east heads up the hill towards the summit with snow on the distant mountains.

Close-up view of Santa Fe 2862 after the major derailment involving three trains. The SF 2862 east plowed into another eastbound waiting at Mountainair, NM for an approaching westbound hotshot. Th... (more)

GMTX 2602 and UP 1415 wait to do more switching in the Tucson yard. GMTX 2602 is the former CSX 2102. Photo taken with permission.

I am sitting on the fireman side, looking out the door window as UP 3416 west gets up to speed after meeting Amtrak. We have a green signal, and soon our two SD40-2s and doublestack train will be... (more)

A Special UP Operation Lifesaver train, with UP 7872, Heritage unit SP 1996, and three passenger cars, rolls east over the Cienega Creek Bridge. The dispatcher ran the train up the much shorter t... (more)

UP 4595 sits with CSX and CP power on the balloon track near the west end yard office in Tucson. Photo taken with permission.

Union Pacific 3600 west is coming into the city of La Grange, Oregon, with a long manifest train.