During the final months of operations over the Tennessee Pass line, symbol AHNOA is rolling along the Arkansas River on this comparatively easy ascent of the Continental Divide. The west slope of ... (more)

Southern Pacific 4449 sits on track number 5 at the LA Union Station. After most of the crowd left, my brother and I had the opportunity to go up in the cab of 4449, and take all the photographs ... (more)

On a sunny fall afternoon, SP trains meet in the Oregon Cascades.

A northbound SP train has just come over the top of the Palmer Divide at Palmer Lake, CO, and is beginning the long descent to Denver with an unusual mix of SP and BN power.

Southern Pacific GE U33C 8684 and 8670 at a scrap yard in Fort Worth, Texas.

Two Kodachrome SDs lead an eastbound Siskiyou train through the Rogue Valley.

Eastbound SP train led by a quartet of new GE's plus a pair of GP 38's are heading toward the Port of Los Angeles passing through South Central Los Angeles

Westbound SP train climbing Cajon Pass with a pair of helper GP's on the point

Near Cruzatte in the Oregon Cascades, a westbound train climbs the grade in Fall 1987. Snow will begin falling soon.

On a clear fall day, a westbound highballs Heather siding in the Oregon Cascades.

A westbound train is climbing through the Oregon Cascades during Southern Pacific's last full month of independence.

One of the more well-known publicity photos of the Shasta Daylight was taken on this curve. At about the same time of day as the Shasta would have passed by, a westman heads for Dunsmuir. The tra... (more)

An eastbound train on the Modoc Line disturbs the peace of a quiet Sunday morning in Likely, California. A standpipe for refilling steam locomotive tenders with water was probably the reason for ... (more)

In spring 1987, a work train is setting out water cars at sidings in the Cascades so they can be available for fire service in the summer.

I labelled this photo as "westbound, near De Beque, Colorado". That`s all I know! Research on Railpics seems to say that loco 8385 is an SD40T-2. Seen in 1994.