An extra Newberg Turn on Southern Pacific's Newberg Branch enters its namesake city on a clear winter Sunday. Startup of the Willamette & Pacific, which would end SP movements into Newberg on th... (more)
Southern Pacific's Whiteson Flyer arrives at Newberg on a sunny winter Saturday. Smurfit Newsprint's ex-Rock Island switcher is waiting for empties. Once the SP train completes its setout, the swi... (more)
Gloriously unrebuilt and fully equipped with that remarkable “ashcan” light this beauty idles in the sun. There must be a story behind that paint job.
A pair of SP SD7's were working the rear end of a train at the roads Industry, CA, yard.
Two SP Baldwin switchers sit on the turntable tracks at the Salem roundhouse in August 1972. No. 1865 is a DRS-4-4-1000, while No. 2103 is an S12. SP purchased many Baldwin offerings, with most of... (more)
Classic Espee PowerWorking Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard in Bloomington, California, is SP SD7E 1512. The engine originated as SP SD7 5315 (built in July 1953), and assigned ... (more)
Highs and LowsSwitching cars on the Southern Pacific's line into Anaheim, parallel to Interstate 5, are C415 2403 and SD7 1437. The extra-height cab on the C415 is clearly evident ... (more)
SP's UTO8L retrieves four bad ordered coal hopper cars off the East Pass in Provo Yard. This unlikely pairing of EMDs worked together around Provo for a couple of weeks in April of '93.
Southern Pacific 1518, the first SD7 ever built, is powering the Illinois Railway Museum's demonstration trains on Memorial Day weekend. This unit has not been restored but is a great locomotive, ... (more)
A down-on shot Southern Pacific SD7 1432 (ex-2732, nee-5325) allows modelers a chance to study the roof details and weathering patterns. The date is March 31, 1974, and the location is Los Angele... (more)
SP 1518, the first SD7 ever, sits at IRM along with MILW 760 and Illinois Terminal 1605.
A group of engines idle around Barn 2, from Left to Right: SP SD7 #1518, UP DD40AX #6930, Nekoosa Paper Alco S-3 #14, Dardanelle & Russellville SC #14, and ComEd SW1 #15
SP 1518 at Yard Center on its way to the Illinois Railway Museum.
