Nice view of the additions made to add the steam generator onto a GP-40-2.

Nice looking "torpedo boat" brings an EB train over the bridge over West Santa Clara St. nearing the end of its run.

As I recall SP has just lost a big lawsuit, I believe in Arizona, and had gone nuts on the warning light thing so they had hung this light on the handrail and used and extension cord to power it. ... (more)

I think this was in San Jose. Just a run of the mill 1500 somewhere in the Bay Area.

Looking remarkably "unreconstructed" this unit may have handled a commuter run earlier (not the missing number boards) but at this time she's leading a more prosaic life pulling a local. If there... (more)

This was probably the last FM to operate on the SP. When we visited Bayshore this day everything else was stored at the roundhouse. Many of the switchers were scrapped at a little scrapper in Wh... (more)

Another beautiful early Conrail-era paint job. I believe most of these wound up on CSX.

This is a great old classic. Maybe a decapitated (decupolatated?) road crummy.

They only train I saw here but worth the trip.

Running with ex-N&W high hood brothers on C&NW, these units never got picked up by Northwestern. I seem to recall they went to Mexico. Any know for sure? Here they've cut off a train and appare... (more)

Running with ex-N&W high hood brothers on C&NW, these units never got picked up by Northwestern. I seem to recall they went to Mexico. Any know for sure?

Looks like a real second generation nose rather than a homebuilt rhinoplasty.

Not sure of location although slide says Minneapolis. Look at that light rail!