With the evening fog rolling in, #6458 has it white classification lights on, denoting an extra, as the Reno Fun Train is ready to depart Oakland. It is the first season for the Fun Train under Am... (more)

The Eastward reefer train has stopped at Darwin, NV to give one of its units to a stalled Carlin Local.

Commute train #139 powered by one of SP's four "torpedo boat" GP9's. These locomotives were not equipped with dynamic brakes and had the larger roof mounted air tanks. The industrial buildings to ... (more)

Westbound 8541 West of Emigrant Gap but still nex to the gap's center siding. The train is approaching Fulda, the location of the balloon track for the West side of Donner Pass.

Train Master #3030 arriving with commute #118--the buildings in the background have been replaced with San Jose's Ice Palace for the Sharks.

On it way South to one of the sugar processing plants the 6303 is crossing Stockton Ave. at College Park in San Jose.

For whatever reason, now lost to memory, SP added two SD45's to the 5 FP7's and one F7B already on the Fun Train. The train is passing thru "the Gap" as it crosses from the watershed of the South ... (more)

Fresh from the Sacramento Shops, #3207 is on a break in run, East with #6 to Sparks and returning with #5. In a few days, 3207 and sister 3202, also in "Kodachrome" paint will power a special to t... (more)

One of SP's "hood" type of KM desel hydraulics

The Westbound Reno Fun Train on the original CP main thru Auburn and passing the closed depot. This was the first weekend in which Amtrak assigned one of its SDP40F's to this train replacing two o... (more)

SP 136 is approaching the old division point of Imlay, NV. The right of way in this section was double track until the second track was removed and the material used to upgrade the Sunset line. Th... (more)

Ready to depart Newhall Yard, 6235 is still wearing Black Widow paint. The second two units are commute GP9's, the second unit being #5623, lateer preserved at Niles Canyon. With the exception of ... (more)

The Southern Pacific was down to the last hours of its existence as DRGW 5343 led a Westbound manifest out of Shed 10 onto Butte Canyon Trestle

#5 westbound at Cape Horn on the #1 track. The track to the right is the #2 which still follows the original grade above the American River. This train will duck into tunnel 34 and then 33 both o... (more)

Amtrak #5 along the Truckee River at Alder Creek. Upstream on Alder Creek was the location of George Donner's Camp, separated from the main party.