A shiny Southern Pacific SD45T-2R leads Amtrak's California Zephyr train 6 through Happy Valley approaching Lakota Junction.

Heber Creeper's SP 2-6-0 1744 rambles through rural Charleston with the Santa Claus Express on Dec. 3, 1989. The sunny blue sky day was tempered by that fact that 1744 was making its last revenue ... (more)

a quartet of GP 38-2's led SP's eastbound "Import Hauler" approaching Dominguez Junction near Dolores yard

Southern Pacific 4449 undergoes it's 15-year inspection and overhaul within the Oregon Rail Heritage Center museum, Portland, Oregon.

It was already heating up but the air was clear. I think Del Taco still had five tacos for $1.25 on Taco Tuesdays and these units sat nearby waiting to push yet another eastbound up thru San Tim... (more)

The Heber Creeper traditionally ran doubleheaders on Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends in the 1970s and 1980s. On Sept. 4, 1989, SP 1744 and UP 618 head north through Provo Canyon approaching Wi... (more)

Just inside the main gates to the WPRM Museum at Portola finds this ex SP SD9 on display.

SP 9721 south leads a Wichita KS to Fort Worth TX train with a meet at Hicks.

SP Houston to Chicago intermodal train passed through Bossier City, across the Red River from Shreveport

When ridership was high, the Heber Creeper would add additional power to Provo Canyon trains to make the grade from Vivian Park to the Wallsburg siding. Union Pacific NW2 No. 1011 shoves while SP ... (more)

When ridership was high, the Heber Creeper would add additional power to Provo Canyon trains to assist the climb from Deer Creek Park to the dam. One of the more unusual doubleheaders I witnessed ... (more)

On March 10th, 1973, the fireman on this Southern Pacific local gives a friendly wave as the train crosses Washington Boulevard (the longest continuous east-west arterial road in Los Angeles, Cali... (more)

The power on a westbound UP manifest leans into a curve as it descends the Maricopa Mountains on a 1.0 percent grade at Shawmut.

Southern Pacific SD45T-2 #6819, quite possibly the last true SP Tunnel Motor left, sits parked in the storage shed of the California State Railroad Museum (formerly a passenger depot) in Sacrament... (more)

In December '76 SP was testing borrowed CN GP40W's tractive effort systems, here remote "slave" unit 8350 along with the trio of CN units leads an RCE power set on 8300 east at Beaumont, CA