Southern Pacific U33C 8707, built in late 1971 by General Electric, sits in the railroad's West Colton Yard. This order, SP 8688 through 8727 (as well as the following order, 8728 through 8737), ... (more)
Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard opened in 1972, and for use on the hump the railroad purchased six SD38-2s to be mated with slugs built from retired Alco C-628s and C-630s. But the SP kept ex... (more)
Rolling off the Palmdale Cutoff, a 78-mile line opened in 1967 (nearly 55 years ago!) to allow some Southern Pacific traffic to bypass congested Los Angeles, on which trains from the SP’s Sunset... (more)