Take Me Out to the Ballgame...

It is February 5, 2017, and baseball's Spring Training is not far off (pitchers and catchers begin training in about a week). Phoenix's Major League T... (more)

Espee Grime

A Southern Pacific freight heads north (railroad east) through Traver, California, on September 14, 1979. Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9374 is on the point this day. There is a ... (more)

Tuolumne River Crossing

In October 1990, an eastbound Santa Fe freight crosses the Tuolumne River in Hughson, California, just south of the small town of Empire. In fact, the bulk o... (more)

In 1899 facing the threat of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway completing their own link between northern and southern California via the Tehachapi range the Southern Pacific Railroad neg... (more)

Export Coal

On November 15, 1980, a Union Pacific coal empties climbs southern California’s Cajon Pass as it heads eastward back to Utah for another load. Union Pacific SD40-2 371... (more)

EMDs Muscle Through Fullerton

Six big EMD diesels hustle a Santa Fe freight eastbound on February 25, 1975. Santa Fe SD45 5564 leads a consist that continues with another SD45, an S... (more)

We Have All Been Here Before

When many railfans think of the Southern Pacific, they think of dirty, run-down locomotives. But this was generally not the case with the SP - not until... (more)

A Lot of Horsepower for a Transfer Run

A quartet of six-axle Alco diesels (C628s and C630s) heads east out of the Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, on a... (more)

Dirty Old Town ... er ... Diesel

Because of the large number of tunnels (and snowsheds) found on the Southern Pacific, the railroad and EMD designed the SD45T-2 (and later the SD40T-... (more)

Gone Daddy Gone

On October 10, 1980, Santa Fe waycar 999009, the tenth caboose rebuilt into the railroad's 283 Ce-1 class cabooses in 1966, is about to duck into the first tunnel at ... (more)

The Wienermobile Visits Fullerton

On a gloomy day in August, a United Aircraft TurboTrain accellerated out of Fullerton, California, as it headed to San Diego. Built by United Aircr... (more)

A Winding Cable

A train loaded with lumber products winds its way through Cable, on the outskirts of the town of Tehachapi, California, on November 25, 1978. In a handful of miles, ... (more)

Summit Snow in '76

Cresting Cajon Pass on a snowy March 5, 1976, is a Santa Fe eastbound piggyback train. Santa Fe SD40 5002 in on the point, followed by F45 5913 and a pair of SD45... (more)

A Busy Afternoon at Hiland

There's a lot of activity at Hiland, the summit of the Southern Pacific's crossing of Cajon Pass, on July 2, 1978. A westbound sits in the siding as an ea... (more)

Yes, It Sounded Incredible!

A Southern Pacific eastbound train passes the Amtrak Palm Springs station at what the SP called Garnet, California, on November 7, 1981. This train has o... (more)