Racing Westward across the the San Joaquin Delta out of Stockton, Amtrak's "San Joaquin" is at Middle River.

The Snow Train is on the now single track section of the former SP Donner Pass Line passing thru Yuba Gap. The second track was removed during the presidency of the late Ed Moyers, resulting in th... (more)

The Swanton Pacific was in operation Sunday as part of Al Smith Day at the Swanton Pacific Ranch. Smith, founder of Orchard Supply Hardware acquired the locomotives from the Overfair Railroad, par... (more)

Heading for Chicago, South of Pines, Indiana

Simmering outside the Rio Grande's Durango roundhouse, K-36 #483 is ready to take a freight down the Farmington Branch. The roundhouse, once shared with the Rio Grande Southern would burn down som... (more)

One time C&O SD40 7519, now Utah Railway #9005, is leading a westbound coal train up to Soldier Summit. The train has just gone under Highway 6 and is approaching Colton

Train #135 is arriving in San Francisco, January 1973, passing thru where the SP would soon build a new depot to replace the venerable 1915 structure at Third & Townsend.

SP 171 was part of an order of AC4400CW's which, while not significant in themselves, were significant in the history of the SP as the last group of locomotives purchased by the carrier. #171 is c... (more)

The sun was setting this February day in 1995 as SP GP60 has just crossed Long Ravine Trestle and is now starting the climb to Cape Horn. In a year and a half, the sun would set on the SP forever.

Working on the point of an Eastward freight, two EMD SD70 lease/demonstrators are setting out two locomotives to be picked up by a Westbound later in the day at Monolith, which is just East of the... (more)

Amtrak #146, still wearing a Western Pacific decal from the 2006 trip up the Feather River Canyon, is leading the Reno Fun Train thru Hercules, along San Pablo Bay. Although now heavily developed... (more)

One of the very few shots I have of an F40C, taken in June of 1981. I think it is pushing into Union Station, but I am not sure. It just is what I think they refer to as "Milwaukee Service".

December of 1971, during Amtrak's first Winter, FP7 #6446 leads the San Francisco Zephyr out of the summit tunnel and protecting snow shed. This section of the original Central Pacific line was re... (more)

Once a secondary mail line for the SP, the West Side line by 1991 was only home to a once a day hauler. The line still ran thru to Fresno but by 1995 had been removed between Los Banos and Firebau... (more)

It had been over a year since WP's portion of the California Zephyr had stopped running and now WP 805D and several other Zephyr units were now working freight trains. Turning North toward Stockto... (more)