SP 4840, icicle breaker raised, is pushing spreader #4030 East on the now removed #1 track at Yuba Gap. It did appear that there was enough snow to be using the thing, but as it came by me it did... (more)

BN 5738 is ready to leave Livingston, Montana, with a trailing lash up of units representing 3 of the roads that formed BN. Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy

Amtrak #200 (the first F40), long before it was emasculated into a "cabbage", heading into Chicago, it has crossed 8th St. in Michigan City and about to cross the South Shore directly behind me.

McCloud 2-8-2 18 and 2-6-2 25 double head up the Burney Line south of Bartle. The trip was supposed to go all the way to Burney, but 2ft of snow the night before made that impossible. The two loco... (more)

The Silverton, on its way to its namesake town with #478 on the head end, is passing thru Hermosa in July of 1995. #478 was the first D&RGW steam locomotive I had ever seen under stream thirty yea... (more)

Double headed and racing thru the cut behind Oak Hill, CDTX 918 is leading a special train to Gilroy as part of that years Garlic Festival. Today the cut has been widened and it is double track.

Southbound out of Cheney, SP&S 700 is on the third day of the four day "Homecoming" excursion to Spokane. Lubrication problems the day before required the addition of the BNSF unit. The following ... (more)

On the way from Michigan City to Chicago, South Shore #108 leads a three car train over the CSX at Portage in June of 1981. #108 is one of several cars modernized by the South Shore during the 194... (more)

The Snow Train has just crossed the Yolo Causeway, by then a single track, out of Sacramento and heading for Davis. It was the first year of P32's serving as power on the train and they would only... (more)

Pacific Rail Society in the Los Angeles area operated many charter trains over SP's Donner Pass line. In February of 1971, SP 6453 led one thru the one time lumber and ice making community of Flor... (more)

Passing thru the town of Marina, just North of Monterey, SP 3004 has the two car consist of the days Del Monte in tow. In a few more weeks, the train will end with the coming of Amtrak. Today thes... (more)

Racing the Sunday evening shadow North out of Palo Alto SP Train Master #3031 is on the way to San Francisco after crossing San Francisquito Creek.

Westbound on the now removed #1 main, SP 6795 is on what has become known as "Streamliner Curve" as it was the location where the City of San Francisco was snowbound in 1952

By January of 1970, the Coast Daylight was but a shadow of its former self as FP7 #6456 rolls the train into San Jose passing Stockton St. and College Park. The Daylight had the distinction of bei... (more)

Treading thru the double slip switches feparting 3rd & Townsend, SP FM Train Master is on its way to San Jose. The warehouse buildings to the right of the train have been replaced by condos and t... (more)