Four Geeps at the service track in Tucson yard. First is DRWG 3052 (GP40), second is SP 7200 (GP40X), third is DRGW 3051 (GP40) and the last unit is DRGW 3017 (GP30). A pair of A-10 "Thunderbolts"... (more)
Union Pacific 1391 and two SD40-2s start to shove on a string of cars while an eastbound leaves the south end of Tucson yard.
UP 8405 is in the race as it races cars and truck westbound as they parallel I-10 in Tuscon, AZ
UP 4054 East passes blooming palo verdes as it departs Tucson, AZ.
As a local switches a nearby industry, three light ex-SP GP60s head east for Benson.
I know what I was doing on the 4th of July in 1978. I was riding in the next to last sleeper on the Sunset Limited through the mighty desert of the American Southwest. The sunset was not fully dra... (more)
In late July a string of hoppers that had been sitting at a spur at the Port of Tucson disappeared. Two days later this string of flat cars with windmill blades appeared. Several blades were deliv... (more)
An eastbound auto train approaches the yard at Tucson where it will do a crew change and make its way east on the sunset route.
Some of the Sunset Limited's dining car crew catching some fresh air -- the steward, a chef, and probably a waiter.
The Sunset Limited fueling and watering.
A doll head posing as a switch lamp, Tuscon Arizona, 1988 .Steve Crise Photo © www.scrise.com
Stacks sitting at Wymola, for a couple Westbounds.
An eastbound stack train out of the big ports in Southern California departs Tucson Yard.
An eastbound UP manifest departs Tucson at dusk.
A brand-new SD70M leads an eastbound stack train past South Yard in Tucson.