View of the engineer's controls and gauges in SP SD7 No. 1521.

At sunset, two UP westbounds prepare to depart Tucson Yard. The Tucson yardmaster will let their crews know when they can proceed to the mainline.

SP's fleet of FM Trainmasters, their go-to locomotives for the Peninsula commute, are parked at San Jose for the weekend. Come Monday morning, they'll be back hard at work between here and San Fra... (more)

Mechanics Cash and Ross prepare to install a new power assembly into the prime mover of an SD40M-2. This particular locomotive was built by M-K using an SD45 shell.

A westbound SP manifest rounds the curve just west of Ilmon after crossing Caliente Creek.

An eastbound SP manifest cuts in a mid-train helper at Bena. In a moment the man on the ground will raise his hands to indicate to the engineer that he's approaching a "hook."

An eastbound manifest makes its way through Elkhorn Slough under a sunny, cloud-filled sky.

On a hazy September afternoon, a hot eastbound pig train trundles through the SP-Santa Fe diamonds as it heads for Portland, OR.

Southern Pacific/Texas & New Orleans Railroad F9(A) 610 with F9(B) 722 and F9(A) 723 all upgraded from F3 A and B units. The T&NO Houston shop rebuilt 35 A and 20 B units in 1959-1960.

Mechanics work on SDP45 No. 3200, which sits among FM Trainmasters and switchers. Bayshore is the maintenance and repair hub for FMs on the SP.

SP 335 rolls past what is left of a record 14+ inches of snow in North Texas back in Feb 2010.

Four years ago yesterday, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center opened up in Portland, Oregon, officially giving the public an legal interactive setup to view the city's three steam engines in one locat... (more)

An SP hogger has just turned a consist of new SD40T-2s, with the class locomotive in the lead.

Southern Pacific MK Rail SD40M-2s No. 8623 & 8630 and UP SD60M No. 6121 lead an 83 car MDVRO down the 2% at Gilluly on a sunny Feb. 19, 2000 afternoon. The 8623 was built Santa Fe SD45 No. 1835 in... (more)

The engineer working Southern Pacific's Roper to Grand Junction manifest freight looks over his shoulder and inspects his train passing through Riverton with 70 cars on Aug. 26, 1994.