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.
ALRAY CA Sept 7 1983 -- Four tunnel motors, with SD40T-2 8573 in the lead, are in command of an SP autorack train. My photo
An eastbound cab hop rolls along the Siskiyou Line between Rogue River and Grants Pass.
CAJON PASS CA Sept 6 1983 — Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8340 leads a mixed freight. My photo.
A lumber drag from the Rogue Valley heads west on the Siskiyou Line.
SPMW 207 is seen plowing the #2 Track at Soda Springs, California. A once in a lifetime event for some to see the most powerful pieces of snowfighting equipment ever devised by man in action.
After a day of plowing Donner Pass the rotaries roll past the retired SPMW 210 on display in Truckee.
The Rotaries have just finished plowing Track 2 at Soda Springs and after a brief stop will proceed east towards Truckee.
A look down Parkway Avenue past the PAS·TYME Bar in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, sees a southbound taconite ore train on Wisconsin Central’s Neenah to North Fond du Lac main line noisily crossing the st... (more)
Southern Pacific train 25, The Owl, is seen at Los Angeles California on August 1st 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
An eastbound Southern Pacific train on the Modoc Line awaits a signal to enter Union Pacific's ex-Western Pacific mainline.
Led by a tunnel motor painted for the SPSF merger, a lumber drag begins the climb out of the Rogue Valley on the Siskiyou Line.
