Forty-Three Years Ago at SP's West Colton Yard Late in the afternoon, a Southern Pacific freight passes local landmark Slover Mountain as arrives at the railroad's West Colton Yar... (more)

The day after Thanksgiving 29-plus years ago (as of the date this image was posted), a group of us took a run down to "91 Bay", Conrail's locomotive service facility in Oak Island Yard t... (more)

Using trackage rights on the BN from KC-Chicago, a SP intermodal train travels east thru the outskirts of Galesburg IL.

A westbound manifest rolls through the Willamette Valley in late summer 1996. Union Pacific was four days away.

Nearly three years after the pair were delivered by builder Alco, wearing the Daylight paint, the St. Louis Southwestern's PA's 300 and 301 were well established at work in the Lone Star state... (more)

SSW 8085 leads a solid GE consist with an eastbound intermodal train on the Burlington Northern past the old Depot in Aurora Illinois, entering the famed triple track racetrack into Chicago.

SSW 9630 leads a manifest train through the reverse curves in San Timoteo Canyon.

After Union Pacific merged Southern Pacific, it continued to operate a Z train between Denver and Salt Lake City over the Moffat Line for several years before eventually moving it to the Overland ... (more)

The first three SP RSD-15's were delivered in September 1959 and transferred to the T&NO subsidiary as 250-252. Cotton Belt RSD-15's 850-859 arrived in February and March 1960. Like the SP trio... (more)

A Southern Pacific train of empty beet racks passes through Modesto's "South Ninth" neighborhood on its way from the Spreckels Sugar refinery in Manteca back to Fresno, where the train's cars will... (more)

Passing another train that is tied down in a siding, a westbound Southern Pacific freight, led by Cotton Belt GE B40-8 No. 8080, approaches Tucson at Wilmot, Arizona, on the afternoon of April 21,... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific train has taken the siding at the east end of the Grover Block to await a meet with a westbound freight with SP 8114 leading. This eastbound, heading toward Los Ange... (more)

A set of GP60s leads the LABRF north in the Sacramento Valley. Following the Rio Grande/SP merger four years earlier, the quartet of four axle units heading for the mountainous terrain of the Oreg... (more)

I highly recommend Hill 582 to anyone who has never been there. The locals have put an amazing effort into the evolution of this location. Although I will freely admit Cajon Pass is not a place I ... (more)

Nearly two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, many timeless SP images could still be seen. After switching out the cement plant up at Mountain Gate, the Redding Local returns to ... (more)