A westbound train is climbing through the Oregon Cascades during Southern Pacific's last full month of independence.
A quartet of ex-SP GEs pull a northbound Union Pacific Z train on the Shasta Route.
Just after sunrise, the Olympic Torch Relay train arrives at Klamath Falls. Local Olympic decathlon champion Dan O'Brien was featured in the ceremonies at the depot.
The DVRVF Denver to Roseville was little a hot shot train. That ran much of the time with a pure set of GP60's in the mid 1990's. It made for a very good looking set of power. This one had SSW 968... (more)
Southern Pacific’s KCOAF train pauses on top of scenic Tennessee Pass, on August 2, 1996. Two GE AC4400CWs from the Minturn helper pool are moving from the house track onto the point of the Kans... (more)
Soldier Summit isn't exactly very hospitable this afternoon. But the sun has broke through the snow flurries, at just the right time. As the Utah brings an empty coal train up the mountain. With t... (more)
South Boulder Creek is frozen in the January cold, but the head-end crew of this eastbound is reasonably comfortable thanks to an EMD redesign that has made cab and hood on its new GP30 model snug... (more)
Trying out their future investments. Two of the MK5000C's with 5000 horse power caterpillar engines. Are on the head end of a Utah Railway coal train ,with a couple Utah SD40's trailing.
MK5000C MPEX 9902 and SP 503 meet D&RGW 5354 in the Price River canyon. The original intention for the 5000 horse powered MK locomotives was for the three demo unit to go to Union Pacific. With th... (more)
Recently received from MK SD45R rebuild was leading an eastbound intermodal train through the Dome Valley
Six units area assisting SP's eastbound loaded "oil cans" through Acton , CA. Seven more units were leading this train for a total of THIRTEEN units.
An unusual seven units were leading SP's "Oil cans" eastbound through Acton, CA
The depth and ruggedness of the Royal Gorge west of Canon City is evident in this view perched on the suspension bridge over the canyon that is 955 feet above the Arkansas River. On July 26, 1996,... (more)
Two brand new MK5000Cs prepare to depart North Yard for a test run up the Moffat road with the SP dynamometer car.
