GP60 4028 leads SD45B 5502 and EMDX SD40 6501 on an eastbound.

A southbound Amtrak Northeast Direct train pulls into Pennsylvania Station Baltimore, Maryland, on March 4, 1999. Power is AEM7 #929. My family and I would take this train down to Washington DC, w... (more)

CP 4240 brings a short freight over Duchesnay Creek near North Bay, Ontario in May of 1988. Couldn't ask for a nicer day!

8711 leads UP SD60 6034.

The fifteen-stall Lenzen Roundhouse was originally built in 1899 to serve the standard gauge San Jose-San Francisco rail commuter line and the narrow gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad, replacing ... (more)

GP18 and GP35 team-up to power the westbound local. GP18 178 was the last diesel put into service by an independent CofG before the Southern takeover in June 1963.

Conrail GE B36-7 5056 sits on the ready track at Oak Island yard. The de-energized catenary poles are on P&H line.

Hooping Up Orders

As an eastbound Southern Pacific Railroad freight, led by Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9269, departs Hiland, at the summit of Cajon Pass, the conductor grabs his ... (more)

During the mid-1950s, cab units ruled Southern's main line as seen in this November 1955 view near Austell, Georgia with Train 153 rolling east with a quartet of F7s in charge. Photo by R.D. Sha... (more)

Eastbound about to enter the canyon.

Conrail (ex-Penn Central) EMD SD38 6937 sits in the ex-Lehigh Valley engine facility at Oak Island yard.

The sound of dynamic braking fills the air as a westbound Southern Pacific lumber drag highballs Mott, California. After making a 180-degree turn just ahead at Sawmill Curve, the train will start ... (more)

Two ex Erie Lackawanna SD45-2s help an intermodal train up the grade nearing the famous Horseshoe curve. It was a fine autumn day and the fall colors were great. April 1st is Conrail's 48th birthd... (more)

An ALCO A-B-A set awaits its next assignment at Cheyenne Wyoming in 1956. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A westbound Southern Pacific train is holding the main at Mott, waiting for an eastbound train to climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon and clear on the siding in the foreground.