A rare unpatched SP motor leads grain loads south.

A Southern Pacific eastbound intermodal coils through the curves on the lower level of the line over Tehachapi Pass between Ilmon and Caliente.

A stranger in town. Found this visitor from the West in the N&W (ex NKP) yard.

A rebuilt SD45 (actually an SD40M-2 in SP parlance) leads a westbound freight off Tehachapi as it exits the long Bealville-Allard siding at Tunnel 2. The Rio Grande-style speed lettering comes fro... (more)

Daylight 4449 in AFT dress heads north into the Cascades on a final lap into Portland after a successful tour. It's seen here passing the siding called Calimus, north (TT east) of Chiloquin, OR.

Guillermo Sanchez © 2014

Four big units are on the point of this eastbound SP drag of mixed freight and intermodal. The first, second and fourth units are rebuilt (at the road's shops in Sacramento) SD45T-2s, but the thir... (more)

Westbound SP train descending the Tehachapi Mountains between Caliente and Bealville

Eastbound SP train passing Hiland siding about to descend Cajon Pass

SP 4449 enroute to Owosso, MI. for steamfest. Picture during the fest 399457.

SP manifest downhill on the Colton Palmdale line. Have a look at the different levels of tracks and highways

SP 3194 pauses under a tell tale as it waits for SP 2472 to get further up the line on the Niles Canyon Railway

About thirty-five miles west of L.A. is the location of Santa Susana. Eastbound SP F7#6157 A-B-B-A set in Black Widow paint scheme, with reefer train 2-803 January 28, 1958. Photo part of my ... (more)

On the descent of Tehachapi, a set of SP helper units drifts downgrade at Cliff, heading back to Bakersfield to shove another eastbound up the historic grade.

SPMW 7221 has been donated to the City of Roseville, the Roseville Locomotive Facility has repainted the rotary in classic SP black with red blade, here a Caterpillar high lift moves the panels th... (more)