A busy afternoon in Laws. The little Southern Pacific Yard in Laws, California suddenly gets a bit busy with Locomotive #18 in the background freshly fueled and watered and ready to take th... (more)

Perfect alignment. A Southern Pacific Brakeman muscles the bridge of the gallows-style, "Armstrong" turntable into perfect alignment as his crew prepares to turn Locomotive #18 in... (more)

The "Slim Princess" steps onto the table. Watching the track interface carefully, the fireman on Southern Pacific Locomotive #18 carefully marshals his locomotive onto the gallows... (more)

Heading out into the Owens Valley. A Southern Pacific Conductor watches from the back platform of Combine/Caboose 401 as his short mixed train leaves the south yard in Laws, California, hea... (more)

Hay-burners and oil-burners. A young horsewoman with a pack mule in tow, crosses the Southern Pacific tracks near the depot in Laws, California, headed for the nearby hills with supplies fo... (more)

Maintenance in the way. A track crew working in the Southern Pacific's yard at Laws, California, makes a mad dash for the track car set-out, as the impatient crew of a scheduled southbound ... (more)

SP 9 makes the last steam run on the SP narrow gauge, from Owenyo to Keeler and return. It was retained as a backup for the single diesel on the line, and that morning the diesel returned on a (st... (more)

Heading South! With a freight train in tow, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin 10-wheeler #18 slowly rolls through the yard at Laws, California, heading south on a morning run to Owenyo and Kee... (more)

Moving museum pieces. With the exception of the museum's Brill Motor Car, all of the other pieces of railroad equipment at California's Laws Museum are normally static displays. Many of t... (more)

A 6-car freight heads for Keeler. With a full head of steam, the Southern Pacific's Baldwin Locomotive #18 takes a 6-car freight past the water and fuel tanks in the yard at Laws, Californi... (more)

Grade crossings: 1930s style. Southern Pacific 10-wheeler #18 takes her southbound narrow gauge freight through a grade crossing just a hundred yards or so south of the depot in Laws, Calif... (more)

Yard moves. The early morning servicing of the Southern Pacific Railroad's narrow gauge Locomotive #10 continues in the yard at Laws, California as she pulls away from the water and oil tan... (more)

Fuel and Water for the trip to Keeler. In the early morning chill of the Owens Valley, the crew of Southern Pacific 10-wheeler #18 has taken on fuel oil and is preparing to top off the wate... (more)

Alpine sunrise in Laws. Just moments after the alpine sunrise, the crew of the Southern Pacific's Locomotive #18 prepares to take their chunky Baldwin 10-wheeler to the depot in the yard at... (more)

Alpenglow. A combination of direct sunlight and diffracted light ("alpenglow") illuminates the peaks of the Sierra on the west side of the Owens Valley as a Southern Pacific crew ... (more)