SP Costa Mesa Local running down W Santa Ana Street in Anaheim passing one of last remaining wig wag signals in area

9361 leads SD40T-2s 8586,8559 and SD50 D&RGW 5513 towards Tunnel 2.

A Mike Bledsoe Photo.

SP 9025 East passes under the big signal bridge north of its yard in Stockton, CA. On the other side of the train is WP's mainline and its big yard. From this point northward through downtown Stoc... (more)

Eastbound SP reefer train crossing Rio Grande River into El Paso

SP 8880 roars up the heavy grade at the west end of Magra, CA, in the heart of the climb up Donner Pass's western slope. The sides of the rails show the tremendous amount of sand that's been used ... (more)

Southern Pacific No.2472 awaits the highball for another run through Niles Canyon. This will be the last weekend that the SP 4-6-2 runs the canyon. The Golden Gate Railroad Museum will be moving t... (more)

An assortment of five Southern Pacific SD’s brings an eastbound train off of Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Cutoff at Dike.

An eastbound Southern Pacific train passes through Tunnel 5 as it ascends the Tehachapi grade.

SP 8487 East roars out of the Caliente Creek Narrows on a hot afternoon in August 1974. The steep hills surrounding the dug-in right of way are golden brown, but the trees flanking the Caliente Cr... (more)

Four SD9Es team up with an SD40 to lift a heavy SP manifest as it approaches the west switch of Marcel. Cut into the train is a four-unit helper.

SP 8232 leads Rio Grande 3104 out of tunnel 3 on Tehachapi Pass.

Snow has fallen all the way down to the Dike siding in Devore on Cajon Pass, as SP 8688 sets out the UP 3387 on the main. Later, the train will pull forward and the helper crew will attach the UP ... (more)

A colorful variety of motive power sits in the diesel service at the Southern Pacific Bakersfield yard a few days after Thanksgiving.

Southern Pacific 9177 leads Milwaukee Road 156, 174 and 168 south out of the Taylor Yard and along the "river" in Los Angeles. The train has stopped to wait for the dispatcher to give a green sign... (more)