A former SP FM H12-44 rests at a locomotive dealer near El Paso in the spring of 1979 Note the old as delivered Barrel Headlights
The fort actually had an SP station out by one of the gates, as well as a passing siding. Here a WB is waiting on a fine cool winter's morning.
A UP intermodal train heads east through El Paso with a pair of NS engines (including a rebuilt SD70ACC). Visible in the back is the US - Mexico border and Ciudad Juarez in the Mexican state of Ch... (more)
"Sunset Limited" West approaching El Paso Union Station
SP 3420 2-8-0 was built 1904 for El Paso & western RR, transferred 1924 to SP due to a merger. This engine was distributed at 1977 near the Union station.
The Trainway Is The Way. The Amtrak Sunset Limited (Train 1, P42DC 5 leading) passes through the Bataan Memorial Trainway in El Paso, Texas on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 19, 2020. The Trainw... (more)
The westbound Sunset Limited pauses at El Paso.
A pair of BNSF C44-9W's in H2 paint await their next assignment at BNSF's yard in El Paso, Texas.
A pair of Ferromex locomotives startle a pair of pigeons as they break the morning silence along the BNSF El Paso Sub on their way towards the US-Mexico border, where the train will cross and retu... (more)
SP freight passing the Rio Grande River
Eastbound SP reefer train crossing Rio Grande River into El Paso
Preparing to back on to the Sunset Golden State. 6018 was the only E8 SP had. A Roger Puta Photograph
A Roger Puta Photograph
SP GP30 5012 at El Paso, Texas September 11, 1979. Photo from my collection, no photographer information on slide.
Problems of overheating in exhaust-choked Sierra and Shasta tunnels led EMD and SP in the early 1970s to develop the SD45T and its predecessor SD40T. The answer turned out to be simple and elegant... (more)
