Leaving Niles, the 2472 works its train up the grade, bound for Sunol.

SP 2472 leads her train up Niles Canyon on the first trip of Memorial Day.

SP 2472 blasts around a curve with its consist of Harriman heavyweight cars. The road foreman would be happy with the economy haze from the stack, the fire is in good balance and using fuel effic... (more)

The fog has burned off just in time for the 1:30PM run to cross the Farwell Trestle bound for Sunol with the Pacific Class SP2472 leading.

The exhaust from SP 2472 blasts the telltales as she pulls a photo special through Niles Canyon. I had almost forgotten telltales, one of the many details from the old days that are largely missi... (more)

SP 2472 between the semaphores during a photo run-by.

SP 2472's overhaul has been completed by the Golden Gate Railroad Museum and the locomotive has passed FRA inspection. see: http://www.ggrm.org/news_view.aspx?articleid=28 Feb 18 saw the first b... (more)

SP 2472's overhaul has been completed by the Golden Gate Railroad Museum and the locomotive has passed FRA inspection. see: http://www.ggrm.org/news_view.aspx?articleid=28 Feb 18 saw the first b... (more)

SP 2472 makes its first run to the Sunol depot.

SP 2472 prepares to move forward during its break-in run after 5 years of being dormant.

Complete with fuzzy dice.

Smoke from SP 2472 wafts over the tail end of the Pacific Shore Limited, with the observation Kansas bringing up the rear of this one-off excursion from the SF Bay area to Los Angeles.