An eastbound SP train in the Cascades is entering the slide area near Fields siding.

A quartet of 45T-2's are leading an eastbound train climbing the Tehachapi grade at Woodford.

Thanks to some mechanical ailment, the tunnel motor leading this westbound lumber drag is putting out a plume of smoke worthy of a steam locomotive. There was once a siding here named Jerome.

The peace of a summer evening is shattered by an eastbound drag of lumber empties on the Shasta Route. This train has completed the climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon and is now closing in ... (more)

Four units on the head-end and manned pushers on the tail-end of an eastbound (railroad westbound) freight grind upgrade on their climb of the SP's Cascade Line from Oakridge to Cascade Summit.

A train of lumber off the Siskiyou Line crosses the massive trestle at Redding. In 1986, the only paint on the equipment was applied by either the manufacturer or the owner.

A newly rebuilt SD45T-2 splits the semaphores at Safley, Oregon on the Siskiyou Line.

Six units area assisting SP's eastbound loaded "oil cans" through Acton , CA. Seven more units were leading this train for a total of THIRTEEN units.

An unusual seven units were leading SP's "Oil cans" eastbound through Acton, CA

A train has just arrived at Roseburg on the Siskiyou Line. The crew will flip back to their home terminal in Eugene.

An eastbound Kyle grain train storms out of Flagler, Colorado, after switching the elevator there on May 6, 2014. This location is on the former Rock Island main line to Limon. In this view, Kyle ... (more)

Westbound SP train climbing Cajon Pass at Canyon Siding

9361 leads SD40T-2s 8586,8559 and SD50 D&RGW 5513 towards Tunnel 2.

Southern Pacific 9177 leads Milwaukee Road 156, 174 and 168 south out of the Taylor Yard and along the "river" in Los Angeles. The train has stopped to wait for the dispatcher to give a green sign... (more)

In October 1999, SP SD45T-2 No. 9343 leads an eastbound UP rock train off the Willcox Playa at track speed, which at the time was 65 mph. This was during UP's doubling tracking of the Sunset Route... (more)