Eastbound 5354 running as Converse Norfolk Southern Coal meets Kansas City Roper Quality train KCRVQ led by Santa Fe 942

On September 5, 1995, a Southern Pacific coal train grinds up the steep 3% grade of Tennessee Pass at Mitchell, Colorado, in a view of “Kindig’s Curve.” On the point of this 105-car unit tra... (more)

This SP freight has left Caliente behind and is climbing towards Tunnel 1 on Tehachapi Pass.

Lots of Flared-Radiators

Creeping to a stop in San Luis Obispo is an eastbound Southern Pacific freight, heading down California's coast from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. On the poi... (more)

Rio Grande SD40T-2s 5403, 5396, 5374, and 5387 pull a 67 car Roper to Denver manifest along the Price River approaching Kyune on a chilly Oct. 12, 1996 morning.

SP 8313 leads a Kansas City to Oakland auto train along the Golden Bair Sheep Ranch in scenic Glenwood Canyon on Sept. 26, 1996.

After cutting out the helpers, Southern Pacific's NSGVC coking coal train departs 7440 ft. Soldier Summit the evening of Sept. 10, 1996. This would become my very last photograph of an SP train be... (more)

Southern Pacific's TASNC prepares to load 84 Trona coal hoppers at the Skyline loader in Eccles Canyon. The image was shot Sept. 10, 1996, the last day before the SP merged into the Union Pacific ... (more)

Despite being owned by Southern Pacific at this time, the Tennessee Pass Helper Terminal at Minturn, Colorado, was filled with Denver & Rio Grande Western power, including this quartet of SD40T-2s... (more)

While running under the Southern Pacific banner, this train is purely DRGW on home turf! DRGW GP40-2 3110, SD45 5339 and GP40 3088 lead SP symbol 1DVROM-21 westbound through Desert Siding, Utah o... (more)

A Cotton Belt GP60 and six other EMDs pull an 84 car RVKCM through Spanish Fork Canyon on July 13, 1996.

After shoving the Coke Breeze from Helper to Soldier Summit, SP's Fifth Help overtakes the NSGVC on Sept. 10, 1996, the last day of operations prior to the merger with Union Pacific.

Southern Pacific's KCBAT climbs through Price Canyon with a quartet of SP speed lettered SD45T-2s for power (SP 9400, SP 9392, SP 9331, SP 9328). The 83 car train was a sweet symphony of sights, s... (more)

An overview of the north end of Southern Pacific's former D&RGW Roper Yard from the 21st South overpass the morning of Aug. 25, 1996. Big changes are coming as the UP-SP merger is only 17 days awa... (more)

On a beautiful summer morning at the former Rio Grande Gilluly Horseshoe, SP's Roseville to Alton & Southern manifest grinds upgrade with 72 cars on Aug. 31, 1996. The train still has 700 feet of ... (more)