SP 18 and K-37 #493 doublehead on the daily steam train to Silverton

The only surviving Daylight diesel sits nose to nose with ATSF 347C during the Worlds Strongest Man Tournament which is being held in Old Town Sacramento.

Built in 1949, SP 5208 is one of two examples still in existence. The unit is usually stored away at the Sacramento Locomotive Works, but has been taken outside for the Worlds Strongest Man Tourna... (more)

SP 18 leads the doubleheader with 493 to Silverton. The train is just about to pass the mini highline before arriving in Rockwood

Southern Pacific EMD SD45 No. 9109 leads an eastbound double stack train past the station at Franklin Park, Illinois, on December 5, 1987. Franklin Park is northwest of downtown Chicago on Soo Lin... (more)

Paul Meyer photo.

My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

One of my fathers favorite locomotives was the Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 cab forward. It had a tractive force of 123,400 lbs., and a combined engine and tender weight of 1,051,200 lbs. My great, gr... (more)

Five B truck locomotive out on the sunset route. Three GP40-2's up front, and two B30-7 on the rear.

Southern Pacific’s westbound KCOAF (Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder) negotiates the canyon between Pando and Red Cliff, on August 2, 1996. Two GE AC4400CW locomotives from the Minturn helper po... (more)

Behind Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop is an outdoor yard with “used” locomotive parts. Components such as fuel tanks, cabs, plows, various hood sections—such as this EMD long hood f... (more)

Intermodal speeds across a blanket of fresh ballast as the old Western Railway of Alabama mainline gets some attention.

SP 1006, a beautifully restored SW1, looks sharp this warm, spring afternoon as it takes part in a mini "run one" session. Folks visiting the Southern California Railway Museum were invi... (more)

Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 2252

Constructed by Cooke in March, 1897, 4-6-0 No. 2252 is one of the oldest standard gauge Southern Pacific locomotives in existence. Southern Pacific donate... (more)

Fall colors provide a vivid backdrop as pooled SP power leads an eastbound intermodal train on its approach to the west end of Norris Yard.