Hustling a southbound coal train this leaser is rounding a curve, giving a good view of the undercarriage. This one is pure, 20 magnificent cylinders still. I resisted the temptation of get the ... (more)

At the Nixon Power Plant. SP 6785 6840 7424 8361 unload a coal train, at a Colorado power plant. The picture really depicts how the Southern Pacific looked the last few years.

The hostlers pull an outbound train forward after putting the head end power on (as seen from Pepper Ave, over West Colton Yard). They will then hop on the helper unit and take up to the other end... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific train is holding the main at Mott, waiting for an eastbound train to climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon and clear on the siding in the foreground.

A tunnel motor with patina leads a westbound intermodal train on the Shasta Route.

The daily (M-F) US Sugar/South Central Florida Express Sebring Turn passes the former Atlantic Coast Line depot in Lake Placid, Florida, on the northbound half of their journey towards Sebring fro... (more)

After 22 miles of downgrade from the summit near Grass Lake siding, this eastbound intermodal train has hit the Butte Valley floor at Mount Hebron. At the time, doublestacks on the Shasta Route we... (more)

Larry's Truck never disappoints with the variety of relics on display. Heading up a row of old iron horses the SP 9391, Originally built as the St. Louis Southwestern RR "COTTON BELT" 93... (more)

TP&W's intermodal train from Galesburg approaches it's destination of the East Peoria yard behind 2 SD45T-2's.

The old SP Colton Yard etc. was down by the grain mill in the distance. To handle eastbound trains over Beaumont Hill they kept a helper pocket just east of the old yard. Here a helper set await... (more)

A former Southern Pacific SD45 tunnel motor leads a Buffalo & Pittsburgh coal train as it crosses the South Buffalo Railroad's bridge to head towards the port in Buffalo, New York. This bridge cro... (more)

SoPac is AOK. Although it has had a few owners since Southern Pacific, on August 12, 2021, LTEX 9362 (née-SP 9362, SD45T-2, EMD, 2/1975) looks a lot like it did when it was not wearing the... (more)

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)

In an incredibly lucky feat of timing, a pair of fisherman both reel in bass at the same time as Buffalo & Pittsburgh X-COAL rolls over the Ormsby Fill in Backus, Pennsylvania. As the train approa... (more)

A heavy westbound Modoc Line train enters the farmlands of the Klamath Basin near Copic.