The engineer is widening out the throttle after getting a clear signal at Picacho heading east towards Tucson.

A trio of tunnel motors lead an eastbound Southern Pacific train through the Sacramento River Canyon.

The fort actually had an SP station out by one of the gates, as well as a passing siding. Here a WB is waiting on a fine cool winter's morning.

A mottled up example. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Southern Pacific's first two SD70Ms tote the PTPCX down the Sacramento River Canyon on their first westbound trip over the Shasta Route.

A heavy westbound Modoc Line train enters the farmlands of the Klamath Basin near Copic.

CAJON PASS CA Sept 6 1983 — Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8340 leads a mixed freight. My photo.

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.

The crew on this westbound transfer, hauling cars from the Southern Pacific's Colton Yard to the then-still-fairly-new West Colton Yard, look pretty relaxed as they wait for a Santa Fe westbound t... (more)

No stop is required here anymore as a SP stack train heads east by the water tower at Red Rock.

Rounding the famed Tehachapi Loop, albeit on the 4800’ long Walong Siding, this Southern Pacific eastbound freight train has another ten miles until it crests the summit of the crossing of the T... (more)

SP 8266 leads an eastbound doublestack through San Timoteo Canyon as it crossed the San Timoteo Canyon Road. It looks like the conductor has taped some newspaper on his side of the windshield t... (more)

SP 8266, along with an SD-45 and three more tunnel motors, leads an eastbound doublestack through San Timoteo Canyon near the El Casco Lakes. It looks like the conductor has taped some newspaper ... (more)

On the "Sunset Route".

Rio Grande EMD SD45 5331 is westbound at Desert i on a fine afternoon in the spring of 1979.