A westbound manifest at Castle Crag siding

Tunnel motor 9392, with its SP markings now sadly painted over, passes the new signals at Georgetown along with SD40-2 GSCX 7362.

A pair of Southern Pacific EMDs lead a 40 car Rio Grande manifest through the Red Narrows of Spanish Fork Canyon. The SP 6793 is an SD45T-2, built by EMD as the SP 9203 in March 1972. It was renum... (more)

A pair of Southern Pacific tunnel motors lead Rio Grande's Helper Local east through Provo Yard on a wintery Dec. 30, 1988 afternoon. The 6821, an SD45T-2, was rebuilt at Southern Pacific's Sacram... (more)

Tunnel Motors doing what they do best.

In the spring of 1986, Southern Pacific's causeway west of Ogden was out of service due to the rising waters of the Great Salt Lake. The SP struck a deal with UP to detour traffic via Salt Lake Ci... (more)

While returning from a family vacation to Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park, we spotted a train stopped in front of the Evanston depot. As we approached the head end power, I became speechless! ... (more)

westbound SP manifest climbing Cajon Pass between sidings of Canyon and Dike

westbound unit coke train near Humphreys siding on Soledad Canyon line

Daily freight from the GEXR to CN Toronto heads off the GEXR Guelph Sub

Southern Pacific SD45T-2 #6819, quite possibly the last true SP Tunnel Motor left, sits parked in the storage shed of the California State Railroad Museum (formerly a passenger depot) in Sacrament... (more)

A small stenciling of "MNA" was apparently all Rail America needed to show who owned this former SP tunnel motor on the point of a freight from KC that is tied down and waiting for a new crew here... (more)

A westbound SP manifest makes its way around the Allard Horseshoe surrounded by the beautiful rolling grassland of the Tejon Ranch.

A westbound manifest kicks up leaves as it passes through a large grove of huge oak trees.

A late running 432 pulls into the siding at Kitchener to complete their work. Far from the Sierra Nevadas that inspired it's design, this tunnel motor still proudly earns its kept in Southern Onta... (more)