This was Amtrak's first railfan excursion in the Bay Area as this special ran from Oakland to Tracy by way of Niles Canyon and Altamont Pass and then back to Oakland on the Moccoco and CalP. It i... (more)

#3751 was in Arizona for the 2002 NRHS Convention and was used on a private photo special. Five of of GCRy's ex-SP subs were used and is seen at Willaha on its return trip to Williams

A short distance North of Tacoma

Passing the ferry terminal in Edmonds

Doubleheading with #844, SP 4449 is passing thru Sumner, WA on its way to Everett.

On their way to Railfair 1981 and the dedication of the California State Railroad Museum, UP 8444 and recently restored 3985 work their way up the Truckee River Canyon just East of the old lumber ... (more)

Anyone who has ever lived or, like me, worked in any part of California's Central Valley will know the term "Valley Grunge". A cold, wet, high, fog from which you can never warm up. Under a specta... (more)

By 1994, nothing symbolized the Espee of the time as well as #6807 as it sat at Sparks engine pit awaiting its next assignment.

Westbound auto train passing the SP depot in Colfax, CA. The depot sits at an angle to the mainline, as the track had been realigned during the improvements to Donner Pass in the 1920's.

SP FP7 6458 and E9 6050 are backing out of LAUPT after arriving with Train #1, The Sunset. The era of the E-unit on the SP was nearing an end.

The Silverton, in 1967, departing Durango which was still connected by rail to the rest of the country. The Rio Grande was the last class 1 railroad with regularly scheduled steam powered passenge... (more)

Working East out of Durango, #492 (K-37) and #484 (K36) are passing thru Bayfield. The crew has found #492 does not have enough sand and the fireman is on top of the boiler pushing what little he ... (more)

By early 1965, parent WP had decided to remove the SN electrification. New autoracks coming into service would be very close to the wire and the power contract was ending. A farewell excursion was... (more)

The Del Monte Plant was a major customer for the SN in Yuba City as 654 worked on a hot summer day in 1964. On this day, half a world away, an event unfolded which would become known as "The Gulf ... (more)

WP freight slows as it passes Sacramento Northern 654 in the Marysville yards. The trackage around Marysville and Yuba City was the last vestige of SN's extensive network still under wire,