A westbound train on the Modoc Line approaches the US 395 grade crossing at Likely, California in summer 1990. Today, the grade from here south to Wendel is a hiking trail.

Under threatening skies, two brand-new SD70Ms on an eastbound train await a rested crew.

Southern Pacific 794, an Alco 2-8-2 built in 1916 for SP and erected as a static display in 1957 by Southern Pacific Railroad, the City of San Antonio, the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club ... (more)

SP 2-8-2 790 leads a 57 car westbound freight at Galveston Texas in 1936. Otto's speed estimate was 18 MPH, and he caught it with the rods down. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Even without any paint or lettering, there is no mistaking a Southern Pacific diesel! The Headlight/Gyralight/Emergency Light arrangement and the numberboards on the hood give SP SW1200 2280 that... (more)

Southern Pacific train number 43, the Californian, is seen at Los Angeles with ten cars in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society excursion train is seen leaving Reno on December 1st 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 7825 heads back into West Colton yard to hook on to its train while a long intermodal heads east towards Banning Pass.

SP 7449 leads a mixed manifest south out of Fresno, California.

SP 7874, sporting the SP- Santa Fe "kodachrome" merger paint scheme, sits at the spur track near the east switch at Bena.

Daylight Indoors. On July 9, 2009, Southern Pacific 4449 "Northern" GS-4 4-8-4 (Lima, 1941), the sole surviving "Daylight" locomotive had just arrived at the Friends of ... (more)

UP 6379, one of the few remaining AC4400CWs still in Southern Pacific garb, leads loaded CPKC sand train 640, seen here running through Glenview, IL due to the dispatcher's decision to run the tra... (more)

Southern Pacific 7560 and Conrail 6606 idle in the Bakersfield diesel service a few days after Thanksgiving.

Southern Pacific 8321 is the lone helper on an eastbound manifest as it rolls down the hill in Cajon Pass, while an eastbound Santa Fe works up the hill towards Summit.

The engineer on SP 9160 opens the window to get some fresh air after exiting tunnel 3. His manned helper set is pushing hard on an eastbound loaded manifest as they climb the steep grade on Tehac... (more)