Nothing says "The '70s" like Alco C415s on the Southern Pacific, and Ford Pintos! Spending the night at Anaheim Junction on a clear April 1973 evening is SP 2404, one of ten center-cab ... (more)
The Southern Pacific Railroad was an official sponsor of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. As such, they promoted the Games with a special paint scheme applied to SD40R 73... (more)
Southern Pacific 8832 leads two more SP and two Norfolk & Western engines into West Colton yard, while another freight, with SP 8710, waits for the train to clear so it can go through the switches... (more)
Southern Pacific 9177 started to pull south out of Taylor yard when it encountered a red signal. It sat for a while waiting, which gave me ample opportunity to photograph the train, especially th... (more)
Southern Pacific 4449 has arrived in Taylor Yard and is swarmed by employees and railfans.
After stopping to repair an overheated bearing on one of the driver wheels, SP 4449 starts to move again towards the summit on Cajon Pass. This was the day of the famous race up the pass between ... (more)
SP 18 south with the burn scar from the Goblin Fire along with Pigeon & Turret Peak in the backdrop
Southern Pacific 18 crosses the Animas River at Timber Bridge
Former Rio Grande K-36 Mikado No. 482 is getting an overhaul at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad’s roundhouse and shop at Durango, Colorado, on August 30, 2021. In the stall next to... (more)
It used to happen everywhere. 9169's engineer leans out to grab orders. The conductor will grab his when the caboose rolls by.
SP 18 heads south past the "New" Twin Bridge in the rain
Southern Pacific 18, loaned out to Durango & Silverton this summer, pulls away from the Silverton depot in an impressive cloud of steam and smoke.
Doubleheading on the highline, just north of Rockwood
Night shoot on the Trains Magazine Extra 493 with SP 18 charter
Built in March of 1944 by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Southern Pacific #4294 earned its keep by pulling freight trains over Donner Pass. Locomotive #4294 was the last of 20 Southern Pacific class AC... (more)
