Some of the forlorn equipment left on the Northwestern Pacific.

Years of weathering and rust create interesting patterns and contrasts on these old locomotives under the canopy of large trees and nestled around vineyards in the Sonoma Valley. I saw the SP 434... (more)

NWP 2009 sits in the Golden Gate Railroad Museum yard along with 4-6-2 steam locomotive Southern Pacific 2472. Behind the SP 2472 is SP 3194 (GP-9) and SP 1487 (FM H-12-44).

NWP 1922 sits with SP 4435, SP 4347, SP 4451, B&LE 716B and B&LE 718A (F-7 A and B units), plus other rolling stock that could be in museums, in Schellville, California.

Northwestern Pacific MP15 #1501 pauses for a moment before heading to the yard to pick up cars for its run down the Brazos Sub.

Because it's a dealine and doesn't move, my photo of the power sitting in Schellville looks like everyone else's, but still was glad to finally get it myself.

Another one from my Covid gallery of close to home pix, number five of the series. Low sun on a short train heading west from Schellville. At one time Schellville was the interchange between the... (more)

Another view from my Covid gallery of trains close to home over the past year. This is number four of the series. The NWP crosses four moveable bridges in its short run from the Cal Northern int... (more)

This is one from my Covid gallery. The pandemic kept me close to home and I made the best of it by reacquainting myself with the railroads in my backyard. No getting on an airplane to fly to exo... (more)

Long summer days combined with SMART curtailing passenger service due to COVID has created a window of opportunity to chase the NWP freight from Ignacio to Petaluma. Normally all this is after da... (more)

NWP 3844, former SP 3700, sits in Willits with a sister unit. The two have some obvious frame damage after a collision.

On a beautiful evening in Healdsburg, CA, an NWP engineer chats with a gentleman who likely rode aboard today's NWP Daylight. The train left here in the morning, traveled north to Willits, and ret... (more)

NWP 1501 waits for the Brazos Bridge to lower so the guys can bring the train to the interchange at Lombard. Brazos, CA June 24th, 2018