Five tunnel motors pull a long piggyback train approaching Tunnel 1 at Caliente, California.

Five tunnel motors are on the point of an oil train as it starts the grueling climb to Tehachapi at Caliente, California. 48 cars back are mid-train helpers, with another 24 cars and a caboose beh... (more)

Fresh off of a trip over Tehachapi, a westbound Southern Pacific manifest passes the station in Bakersfield, California.

An assortment of Southern Pacific EMD power I visible in the SP engine terminal in Bakersfield, California. To the left is Daylight-painted SD40E 7342, which is in town to assist 4-8-4 4449 over T... (more)

SP 7874 sports the Kodachrome paint scheme as it sits in one of the helper spur tracks at Bena.

A Southern Pacific GP9 passes the landmark Kern Junction tower near Bakersfield, California. This is the point where the SP and the Santa Fe come together for the eastbound climb to Tehachapi. The... (more)

Local power lays over in front of SP's depot at Medford on the Siskiyou Line.

A relatively short eastbound Southern Pacific perishable train descends Cajon Pass. This location is now known as Silverwood, and there is a connection between the westbound Santa Fe, seen to the ... (more)

It was not unusual for empty coal trains from Peoria area power plants to have a SP AC4400 leading. Given that cab signalling was required once these trains reached the UP Geneva Sub at Nelson, th... (more)

Smoke from nearby forest fires dominates the morning as an eastbound Southern Pacific train on the Modoc Line starts the climb out of the Madeline Plains. Once the train reaches the summit at Cre... (more)

After crossing the grades of Tehachapi Pass on the morning of March 6, 1995, an eastbound Southern Pacific freight approaches Mojave, California. Leading the train is the freshly-rebuilt No. 8690,... (more)

Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8638; former Union Pacific SD40 3028 built 04/66.

Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8582 former CNW SD40 951.

Willamette & Pacific's Mac Hauler heads into the setting sun, using leased Southern Pacific SD9s for power.

A pair of Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs lead an eastbound Union Pacific coal train downgrade past the mile 22.6 detector at Coal Creek between Plain and Clay, Colorado, on the afternoon of Decembe... (more)