GEXR 9392 rockets under the new signal bridge. The extra set of signals is for the GO Georgetown expansion project which will see an extra track all the way to Georgetown for all day GO service.

A slightly modified SD45T-2 leads GEXR 432 into Rockwood, Ontario with 73 cars of mixed freight.

The eastbound "Cans" eases up Tehachapi at the west end of the siding at Marcel. At the time, SP crews were improving tunnel clearances to accommodate double stacks.

SP 9372 east leads an impressive 10 unit consist of SP, BN and Rio Grande units on the Sealand- Chicago double stack train. The train had no problem climbing the hills on the Stormy division with ... (more)

A former SP tunnel motor leads a pair of blue GSCX SD40's through Georgetown with auto's and salt to interchange with CN in MacMillan yard. I was lucky enough to have the sun poke through just as ... (more)

eastbound SP train coming into Denver in morning light near Leyden siding

A westbound Espee coal train slowly winds its way down from Donner Pass at Applegate, CA. The double track main line is separated here.

GEXR 432 is passing the small town of Georgetown on it's way to CN MacMillan Yard with an ex-Southern Pacific unit in lead.

GEXR 432 is passing the small town of Georgetown on it's way to CN MacMillan Yard.

A morning westbound stack train winds down Beaumont Hill on the last lap to Colton, CA on the SP Sunset Route from El Paso and New Orleans.

When we saw SP 9177 leading three Milwaukee Road SD40-2s on a train out of Taylor Yard in Los Angeles, we knew we had to chase it all the way to West Colton. Soon after arriving in West Colton, th... (more)

Nevermind that peeling piece of junk on the point--it was quite novel to see a trio of CSX/Chessie System SD50's through Helper, Utah, on short-term lease on the point of a Eugene-Grand Junction m... (more)

Featuring a mix of Santa Fe and Southern Pacific engines, the Eastbound "Oil Cans" crosses over itself as it traverses the famous "Tehachapi Loop".

A "westbound" (headed for San Francisco, no matter what the compass direction on the SP) works up Cajon behind a quartet of big EMD units. Today, this is Union Pacific trackage, of course, and one... (more)

Southern Pacific SD45T-2 6809, seen here in the company of SD9s and GP9s in Anaheim, California, on January 30th, 1989, rolled out of EMD's factory in Illinois in February 1972 as SP 9167. It was... (more)