At 8:00 p.m. on the eve of May 30, 1992, Santa Fe’s 2nd 198 train flies westbound just west of Leeds, Illinois, led by a Super Fleet EMD GP60M silhouetted by the setting sun.
On the way to Winterail, we spotted UP's Woodland Local parked near I-5 about halfway between West Sacramento and Woodland. The crew was having dinner at the Elkhorn Saloon as a crop duster worked... (more)
Snowy Peak. In a notable contrast of landscapes, the sparse desert of Phelan, California transitions to the snow capped summits of the San Gabriel Mountains as Union Pacific Railroad 8431 (... (more)