A westbound train climbs Track 1, the original Donner crossing, toward the summit. Track 1 was later removed and is today a MOW road.
The Lark approaching LAUPT.
An insider photograph of the shocking aftermath of the tragic runaway of a overloaded SP potash train "01-MJLBP-11" after it lost it's brakes off Cajon Pass and careened off a curve at over 100mph... (more)
One of Southern Pacific's three U50 diesels sits in the dead line at Taylor Yard in Los Angeles on March 16, 1975. Behind it are two Cotton Belt GP40s and, further back, a second U50.
SP 4-8-8-2 Cab Forward 4294 was the last steam locomotive purchased by the SP, and the last of SP's unique Cab Forwards in existance. This is several years before the California State Railroad Mus... (more)
Southern Pacific Daylight 4-8-4 4449, with SP SD40E 7342 as a helper, works up Cuesta Grade out of San Luis Obispo, California. This train, dubbed the World's Fair Daylight, is retu... (more)
Westbound "Blue Streak" derailed mid-train doing 38 MPH wiping out bridge.
A westbound Hauler leaves SP’s West Colton Yard heading for Los Angeles headed by a rare U50 / DD35 lashup. By the middle of the next year, the SP's U50s were gone... Click here to see that: more)
5472 eases into direct sunlight on her way to Niles Canyon with the Pacific Locomotive Association's museum collection in tow.
SP 4449 steams east through the rock cuts at Lyle, WA during an excursion in May 2001.
Southern Pacific U50 9951 takes a spin on the Taylor Yard turntable.
Honeywell Pentax H1a; Kodachrome
Laying over between runs.
SP painted SD45 7399 and SD40 7342 in this "popsicle" scheme variation to serve as helpers for 4449, shown here on the "Louisiana World's Fair Daylight" trip in 1984. Kodachrome 64, Minolta X-700... (more)