At sunset, tunnel motor No. 8242 idles in Cape Canaveral.

An SP SD45 behind the UP "pool" caboose adds braking power to a westbound manifest.

While passing through Alturas on a freight train, I found the SP 3818 still in its Black Widow scheme, long after the scarlet and gray had become standard. This was shot with Agfachrome.

With the help of a hydraulic arm, diesel mechanic Cash guides Ross in positioning the new power assembly for insertion in SP 8676's prime mover.

An SP eastbound headed for the UP at Ogden, UT, roars through a summer downpour in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

View from the engineer's seat inside a big SP EMD awaiting repairs in the Roseville Shops.

Under shrouded skies, an SP eastbound roars past the signal bridge at Sandcut.

Diesel mechanics Cash and Ross bolt a new power assembly to a crane arm so they can install it in SP SD40-2M No. 8676.

SP B30-7 No. 7855 idles under the glare of work lights in Roseville Yard.

SP 9806 East prepares to depart the yard for the Pacific Northwest with EMD demonstrator No. 7001 as its second unit.

An SP eastbound threads a series of tunnels built as part of the new, second alignment constructed on Donner in 1910.

The EMD helper of a heavy SP eastbound exits tunnel 9 just as its head around comes around the top of the Loop.

The all-EMD helper on today's Oil Cans roars through the east end of Bealville as it pushes the 10,000-ton train up the steep grade and tight curves on this part of Tehachapi.

A westbound SP vehicle train off the NS at Kansas City snakes through the eastern portion of Auburn on the original Donner alignment.

SP 9363 West departs Roseville Yard under a plume of black diesel exhaust--likely caused by an ailing turbo.