View of the engineer's controls and gauges in SP SD7 No. 1521.

Mechanics Cash and Ross prepare to install a new power assembly into the prime mover of an SD40M-2. This particular locomotive was built by M-K using an SD45 shell.

SP SD7 No. 1521 has just received a new governor in the shops.

#4268 departing from Roseville Yard to Oakland

Thirty-Three Years of Service to the SP

Retired from the Southern Pacific roster on January 8th, 1987, SW900R (some call them SW900Es, but I'll defer to what Joe "Mr. Espee"... (more)

EMD Tier 4 demos 1502 & 1503 with EMD Test Car at UP Roseville Yard on the ready tracks. These have been testing between Roseville and Sparks, NV over the Sierra. Note the new style fabricated tru... (more)

Ex Southern Pacific, GP 38-2 No. 580, undergoes needed servicing at Union Pacific's Locomotive Maintenance Operations in Roseville California.

Ex Southern Pacific, GP 38-2 No. 583, sits outside Union Pacific's Locomotive Maintenance Operations in Roseville California.

Union Pacific's Locomotive Maintenance Operations in Roseville California.

UP 1983 leading a westbound intermodal train through UP's Yard in Roseville on a sunny California day!

SP SD9 4326 heads up a power set that includes a couple SW1500s, another SD9 and two GP9s while on the next track an eastbound freight led by a vintage EMD approaches the west end Roseville Yard.

As local yard movements continue their work into the night-time hours, SPMW 211 silently waits for the call to action at UP's Roseville yard. Though her newly rebuilt stablemate SPMW 207 will be t... (more)

A journeyman mechanic (at left) shows an apprentice how to change brake shoes on a big GE AC at "Cape Canaveral". The men use a tool they insert into a notch in the truck to remove the shoes. Note... (more)