An outbound commute train awaits departure from The City. The locomotive is still with us today, restored to its as-delivered number of 5623 and its as-delivered black widow livery.

A lady employee who's new to SP's Roseville engine facility turns to say something funny to her supervisor as she fuels SD9E No. 4403.

A six-unit EMD helper assists SP's loaded Oil Cans up the last miles of the Tehachapi grade as the train tops the mountain in the town of Tehachapi. The plentiful exhaust from the EMDs clearly sho... (more)

Late on a beautiful afternoon in the Sierra Nevada, SP 192 West departs Truckee, CA.

A westbound Coast Line train passes a nursery between Watsonville Junction and Gilroy.

With a pall of dark clouds to the southeast, SP SD9E No. 4401 sits in front of one of the old hump towers in Roseville Yard. After UP took over here, it completely tore out this part of the yard, ... (more)

Southern Pacific No. 4449 returns to Seattle Wa. from Vancouver, Canada. After passing through the tunnel under Downtown Seattle, the 4449 and consist passes under Main street as it arrives King S... (more)

On a beautiful afternoon on the California coast, SP's Davenport Local switches the yard at its namesake town. In the background stands Davenport Cement, which used coal off the Rio Grande to help... (more)

An NWP Sprint Train is returning to Petaluma from Suisun. The train is taking the curve at Ignacio that connects the line from Schellville to the Northwestern Pacific main line. Note that the br... (more)

The NWP Sprint Train passes the former passenger station at Novato in the North Bay.

Delivered in early 1978 from EMD, SP GP40-2 No. 7625 still shows off its shiny red paint as it leads a westbound manifest through San Timoteo Canyon. This part of the canyon, a little east of Ordw... (more)

Arriving from Portland Oregon, Southern Pacific No. 4449 arrives at King Street Station in Seattle. The train will be serviced and cleaned for tomorrows run to Vancouver Canada. After an overnigh... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific freight follows the Arkansas River just west of Cotopaxi, Colorado, on Rio Grande’s original mainline route through the Royal Gorge and over Tennessee Pass on Septem... (more)

I was on my way back to my office in Signal Hill from a job when I encountered this Southern Pacific re-railing operation in Paramount, CA. Not long after I took this shot, I was asked to move ba... (more)

At the now gone SP engine terminal in San Jose. Nothing in this photo still exist and is completely unrecognizable.