Working their interchange with SP these units were uncommon in those days and extremely scarce today. Man, it's flat here!.

Santa Maria Valley No. 1000 was built in 1920 by American Locomotive Company for the Hetch Hetchy Railroad #4. This 2-8-2 Mikado has 20 x 28 cylinders, 48-inch drivers, weighs 88 tons and has an o... (more)

This is not a display at a railroad museum, but rather two very active pieces of equipment getting a rest on the Santa Maria Valley Railroad. The 61-year-old 70 tonner is still used by the railroa... (more)

Working the interchange is one fine combination of locomotives, one with a air whistle and one with a horn. That way I guess you can tell whether you are coming or going.

California sunshine and a rare GE 70 ton and U6B combination make for an interesting industrial view.

A Santa Maria Valley train from Guadalupe to Santa Maria is seen crossing a farmer's field near Iremel on its way to Carr.

Santa Maria Valley 70-tonner 70 and U6B 60 head to Guadalupe, on California’s central coast, from Santa Maria to pick up cars at the Southern Pacific interchange on July 1, 1976.

Santa Maria Valley 70-tonners 20 and 10 on a caboose hop from Santa Maria to Guadalupe on California’s central coast to work the sugar refinery on January 26, 1978.