On a chilly but still afternoon in December 1990, SP 7447 West rolls off the summit of Tehachapi Pass and passes under the famous cantilever signal bridge at the west end of Tehachapi. During this... (more)

Powered by a pair of new Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs, a westbound freight climbs the east slope of famed Tennessee Pass at Keeldar, Colorado, on the afternoon of September 5, 1995. Note the flee... (more)

SP 4449 leading the 2017 Holiday Train on the Oregon Pacific.

The SP 4449 leads the third Holiday Express excursion of 2017 along the Springwater Trail. Moments after this photo was taken, the train would come to a stop at its terminus point adjacent to Oaks... (more)

At the end of a hot August day in 1991, one of SP's hottest symbols, the LAPCX, otherwise known as the "Pacific Coast Express," makes its way north on the Valley Line just as the sun is ... (more)

The nose of SP FM Trainmaster No. 3024 as she basks in the sun at San Jose, taking a two-day rest from her commute train duties on the Peninsula. SP placed all of its Trainmasters in commute servi... (more)

Ex-GN observation "Appekunny Mountain" is wearing the garb and drumhead of an SP Daylight car as it beautifies the rear of the Worlds Fair Daylight. The train was parked at San Francisco... (more)

An FM H12-44 pulls SP SDP45 No. 3200 onto the turntable at Bayshore, CA. Mechanics have put the big passenger locomotive back together after overhaul, and now its time to get her out on the main l... (more)

At sunset, a pair of SP SD7s switch cars near the middle of huge Roseville Yard. SP's SD7s had a marvelously successful career, having been built in 1951, and surviving to the very end of SP's exi... (more)

With an SP lead helper put on a t Spark, Amtrak train No. 5 pauses at Truckee for passengers. The train's next stop will be in Colfax on the other side of the pass.

In March 1997, SP SD40R No. 7361 is getting a complete overhaul. Much of her superstructure has been removed to allow access to the many parts that are being replaced or rebuilt.

On a sunny morning in January 1989, An eastbound SP intermodal train climbs the heavy grade at Woodford, CA. The train has just met a Santa Fe counterpart in the north siding bound for the Central... (more)

The Southern Pacific 4449 and the Spokane Portland & Seattle 700 are on display under steam at the centennial celebration for Portland's Union Station.

On a beautiful afternoon in May of 1999, a westbound UP pig train crosses the Willcox Playa with two SP units for power. At the time this photo was taken, there was only a single track across this... (more)

An SP freight follows South Bounder Creek westward approaching Tolland, CO and Moffat Tunnel.