Slightly west of Marcel, Californa, a 38-car eastbound Southern Pacific train climbs toward Tehachapi on the morning of May 11, 1984.

A decade or so out of passenger service, a quartet of Southern Pacific SDP45s, with SP 3206 facing the camera, have brought the Anaheim Hauler to town from West Colton. (Anaheim, California – M... (more)

Rolling along the Arkansas River between Princeton and Granite, CO, SP 8703 leads CNW 6933 and DRGW 5410 on a Herington, KS to Oakland, CA auto train. The Tennessee Pass route was active for only ... (more)

The rotaries throttle up while plowing the #1 Track in Soda Springs on UP's Roseville Subdivision. Well known photographer Dick Dorn can be seen riding on the trailing locomotive.

The deadline at Schellville as 2021 comes to an end. What a sight for 1st generation and SP fans after so many years.

Coming and Going at Caliente

A Southern Pacific intermodal train is stretched around the horseshoe curve at Caliente, California. A single SD40T-2 is pushing the rear of the train,... (more)

A brace of Southern Pacific EMD’s pass through Tunnel 2 on the Tehachapi grade. The slide labelling indicates that these are helpers, so they are going away from the lens.

A 66-car Southern Pacific intermodal train approaches Tunnel 2 on the Tehachapi grade. Three SD45’s and a pair of SD40T-2’s muscle the tonnage over the mountains.

Three Southern Pacific tunnel motors lead an eastbound 62-car intermodal train into Caliente, California. Just ahead they will begin the laborious climb to Tehachapi.

A Union Pacific manifest freight train rolls downgrade out of Plain siding at Plainview, Colorado, on September 25, 1997. It may be a UP train, but there isn’t an Armour yellow locomotive to be ... (more)

Star of the Old SP. Southern Pacific 4-8-4 #4449 shows off the stars on her drivers while sitting on display in the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.

An eastbound Southern Pacific coal train works through the 10,430-foot siding at Belden while climbing the steep west slope of Colorado’s Tennessee Pass out of Minturn on September 8, 1992. SP E... (more)

After a major pre-winter snowstorm hit Colorado’s front range, it dawned clear on October 26, 1997. At the east switch of Rocky siding, an eastbound Union Pacific coal trainis led by Southern Pa... (more)

Jointed, wet rails lay ahead for the 778,730 pound SP 4449 as the cylinder cocks close and the iconic, 80-year-old engine gets another edition of the Holiday Express underway on the 1.5% grade out... (more)