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.

A southbound intermodal, between Three Rivers and Polly, south of Carrizozo.

Eastbound ski train

3 brand new AC4400's await departure on a westbound at North Yard.

9361 leads SD40T-2s 8586,8559 and SD50 D&RGW 5513 towards Tunnel 2.

In October 1995, late in the afternoon on Donner Pass, two big GEs hold back tonnage as they come down the mountain with a manifest in tow. If you look carefully, you can see where the downhill ma... (more)

Southern Pacific No. 4449 returns to Seattle Wa. from Vancouver, Canada. After passing through the tunnel under Downtown Seattle, the 4449 and consist passes under Main street as it arrives King S... (more)

The caboose on the Toledo Hauler passes the Harris Covered Bridge, enroute to the Oregon Coast. By month end this trackage will be leased to Genesee & Wyoming for operation as the Willamette & Pa... (more)

With a little snow still on the ground from a storm earlier today, an eastbound SP pig train passes the big coaling tower at Mescal, AZ. The tower appears to have been built shortly after SP acqui... (more)

Southern Pacific Golden State dining car “Golden Trencher” is freshly-painted and on display at the Union Station Railroad Museum at Mendota, Illinois, on April 8, 2016. I didn’t have the op... (more)

GP60 9745, a pair of SD40T-2s and another GP60 approach Bealville.

Surprise! 4449 makes a unannounced run with BNSF business cars. Here it is seen heading east along the Fallbridge Sub. It is apparently filming an IMAX movie. Note the cameras on the front end.

No Rio Grande in sight, on the Rio Grande main. As a group of mainly Southern Pacific B truck locomotives handle this freight train.