A train of loads from the Georgia Pacific mill departs Martell for the Southern Pacific interchange at Ione.

In one image, the entire locomotive fleet of Amador Central is displayed. AMC 10 was being returned to its stall in the AMC enginehouse.

On the day before Winterail 1993, Amador Central Baldwin S-12 No. 9 poses by AMC's old turntable pit.

Amador Central Baldwin S-12 No. 9 pauses by the old depot in Martell before going to work.

Rolling toward the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, a Sierra Railroad train crosses Cooperstown Road.

In 1993, Central California was the place to go if you wanted to see Baldwin diesels at work. In addition to Amador Central, Sierra Railroad continued to get service out of elderly S-12 locomotiv... (more)

A long, hot day on the Sierra Railroad begins before sunrise in Oakdale.

A train of empties for the mill at Standard begins the climb into the Sierra Nevada foothills.

A train of empties roars through Sonora on a hot summer morning. With Baldwin locomotives and a dependency on the timber industry, the Sierra Railroad was a quasi-Northwest shortline in Central Ca... (more)

Chicago great western Baldwin S12 40 sits among other retired units at a dealer in Chicago. The interesting thing about this unit is the ALCO Blunt trucks under it. I do not know why that happene... (more)

A workhorse for SMS awaits its next assignment at the Pureland Industrial Complex.

I ran into into another one of these units this year at the former McCloud railway here: https://www.railpictures.net/photo/704763/ These yellow units were painted this color by US Steel in Pit... (more)

Silent equipment of the former McCloud Railway.

One of SMS' Baldwin diesel switchers has just spotted a stone car at the pit for unloading. Company pride is evident here as much of the equipment pictured sports the SMS logo

Milwaukee Road Baldwin S-12 switcher no. 925 is parked at Pigs Eye, St. Paul on a dreary March day in 1973. Not sure when this unit was retired, but sister units disappeared about 1976.