I hesitated uploading a long hood shot but this is a good study of a classic unit from the business end. I loved SP's wonderful variety.
A contractor fuels the locomotives on the "Shasta Daylight 1990" special at Redding, California. The train would soon move into the passenger depot to entrain passengers for the return t... (more)
A Swift RoadRailer train rolls southward through the Sacramento River Canyon.
Southern Pacific EMD SD45 8982 is seen at the former Nickel Plate Road yard in 1978.
As a kid I remember seeing this modern fueling and sanding complex at SP's Roseville Yard in Trains Magazine. It was amazing to finally see it in person, looking more like a launching pad complex ... (more)
Three years after Southern Pacific was acquired by Union Pacific, a westbound manifest rolls down the Shasta Route.
A westbound curves along the Sacramento River.
This locomotive was cosmetically restored according to a plaque on it, however the relentless elements have faded it's black paint to gray. It's a rather impressive display from a bygone era, tha... (more)
In downtown Flatonia, a small railroad museum keeps a nicely restored caboose and interlocking tower on display.
Crossing Tehachapi Creek between Woodford and Walong, the engineer of an eastbound Southern Pacific freight gives a friendly wave as the train climbs over the Tehachapi Mountains, with a typically... (more)
Southern Pacific's first two SD70Ms tote the PTPCX down the Sacramento River Canyon on their first westbound trip over the Shasta Route.
A northbound Union Pacific Z train in the Sacramento River Canyon is led by a former Southern Pacific GE Dash 9.
Led by a brand new GE Dash 9, a westbound lumber drag rolls through the Sacramento River Canyon on a hot summer afternoon.
SP 5100, a GE 70 tonner, was built in March 1949 and is seen here outside the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, OR. The railroad originally acquired about 20 of these switch engines from Ge... (more)
A heavy westbound Modoc Line train enters the farmlands of the Klamath Basin near Copic.
