A mix of locomotives on a mixed freight -- one of the best things about the SP.

Crossing Tehachapi Creek below the Loop.

I do love Tunnel Motor broadsides.

BNSF #4897 has just passed Hackberry and swings around the curve at Antares to make the run into Kingman, AZ.

Tunnel Motor #8506 leads a mixed-freight consist up Beaumont Hill.

I always thought these locomotives looked wierd. NJT GP40FH-2 #4140 slips by Hunter Tower.

Let it snow! ATSF #8044 tops the grade at Cajon Summit on a chilly December day.

Amtrak E60 #620, along with class engine #600, slams past Hunter tower on a hot summer day. I believe this is a Florida train.

Classic Southern Pacific. Former commuter Geep #3190, now relegated to work train duty, shoves a load of ties into the siding at Lingard, CA.

New GP60 9670 works it way through the El Casco curves.

With flaking paint and a hand-stenciled number board, Amtrak F40 #284 looks a little worse for wear as it leads the westbound California Zephyr thru Yuba Gap. The outside track has since been remo... (more)

I can't remember exactly, but with only four units on the head end, I'm pretty sure 9613 wasn't close to the speed limit as it leaves the orange groves of San Timoteo Canyon and heads for Palm Spr... (more)

The classic cantilever signal and SSW 9677 are dwarfed by the San Jacinto mountains on this fine spring day.

Love that Orange and Black! The hostler is moving a large cut of power in Bensonville yard.

I liked the SBD paint scheme -- it just didn't last long.