Freshly painted caboose 432 brings up the rear of an eastbound freight as it splices downtown Stockton on tracks that have since been torn up by Union Pacific.

3523 East roars out of the siding at Hammer Lane and continues the first leg of its trip to Salt Lake, next changing crews in Oroville.

3052 West arrives from the east at Charter Way and heads into the yard.

Santa Fe Alco switcher 2378 brings a transfer run to WP's yard, since the interchance tracks won't accommodate the long string of cars she's bringing to her shipping ally.

Just a few months before her career was ended by vandals in the Feather River Canyon, F7A 920D idled in all her glory at El Pinal.

WP F7As 918D and 917D sit next to the roundhouse at Stockton.

UP "snoot" SD40-2 3253 leads one of WP's hottest symbols, the Overland Mail West, which is approaching a crew change at Stockton Yard.

WP's "final four" F7As depart Stockton Yard with a San Jose Turn.

U23B 2257 brings a westbound merchandise train across the SP's Valley Line at El Pinal.

With lush grass covering the levee of the Calaveras River from bountiful seasonal rains, a WP eastbound accelerates up the short grade to the river.

GP40 3506 brings a hot Overland Mail West toward the control signal at the east end of Stockton Yard, where it will hold the main for a crew change instead of entering the yard.

At dusk, ex-Zephyr F7A 916D prepares to depart Charter Way with a Sacramento Northern Detour train.

As a westbound freight heads into Stockton Yard, SW1500 1503 brings a cut of cars to the Santa Fe interchange tracks.

An eastbound with six UP SD40-2s in consist picks up speed at sunset as it approaches the SP diamonds at El Pinal.

A Baldwin VO-1000 hauls a string of cars to the Santa Fe interchange tracks from WP's yard.