A relatively short eastbound Southern Pacific perishable train descends Cajon Pass. This location is now known as Silverwood, and there is a connection between the westbound Santa Fe, seen to the ... (more)

It was not unusual for empty coal trains from Peoria area power plants to have a SP AC4400 leading. Given that cab signalling was required once these trains reached the UP Geneva Sub at Nelson, th... (more)

Smoke from nearby forest fires dominates the morning as an eastbound Southern Pacific train on the Modoc Line starts the climb out of the Madeline Plains. Once the train reaches the summit at Cre... (more)

After crossing the grades of Tehachapi Pass on the morning of March 6, 1995, an eastbound Southern Pacific freight approaches Mojave, California. Leading the train is the freshly-rebuilt No. 8690,... (more)

Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8638; former Union Pacific SD40 3028 built 04/66.

Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8582 former CNW SD40 951.

Willamette & Pacific's Mac Hauler heads into the setting sun, using leased Southern Pacific SD9s for power.

A pair of Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs lead an eastbound Union Pacific coal train downgrade past the mile 22.6 detector at Coal Creek between Plain and Clay, Colorado, on the afternoon of Decembe... (more)

This picture says so much about the Southern Pacific in the end. SP 8286 still wearing it's failed merger paint, now a decade old. Just covered in grime, along with the whole set of power. Also it... (more)

We would sneak over form railfanning the Santa Fe, to try and catch the brand new 8000 series B39-8/B40-8 on Beaumont Hill. In the process we ended up with trains like these with five B30-7. I'm s... (more)

Grinding up and over the Tehachapi Mountains, a Southern Pacific eastbound is pulled by SP B30-7 7803, teamed with a Cotton Belt GP20 and an SP GP35. (Keene, California – September 4, 1978)

As a Southern Pacific West Colton to Taylor "Hauler" (led by SP GP38-2 4800) blocks a Los Angeles County Fire Department engine that is rushing to a call in Code 3 (lights and siren), but all the ... (more)

Seven-year-old Southern Pacific GP38-2 4800 leads a "Hauler" passing through Walnut on its way from West Colton Yard to Los Angeles’ Taylor Yard. Three SP GP38-2s are teamed with an SDP45 and a... (more)

Crawling on its knees due to a couple of units with mechanical issues SP 8503 leads an eastbound stack train as it climbs Beaumont Hill.

Heading eastbound through Glendale on a crisp winter afternoon is a Southern Pacific freight, headed from the Pacific Northwest to Los Angeles’ Taylor Yard. The train is powered by a six-axle q... (more)