Even without any paint or lettering, there is no mistaking a Southern Pacific diesel! The Headlight/Gyralight/Emergency Light arrangement and the numberboards on the hood give SP SW1200 2280 that... (more)

Southern Pacific train number 43, the Californian, is seen at Los Angeles with ten cars in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A California-Nevada Railroad Historical Society excursion train is seen leaving Reno on December 1st 1957. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 7825 heads back into West Colton yard to hook on to its train while a long intermodal heads east towards Banning Pass.

SP 7449 leads a mixed manifest south out of Fresno, California.

SP 7874, sporting the SP- Santa Fe "kodachrome" merger paint scheme, sits at the spur track near the east switch at Bena.

Daylight Indoors. On July 9, 2009, Southern Pacific 4449 "Northern" GS-4 4-8-4 (Lima, 1941), the sole surviving "Daylight" locomotive had just arrived at the Friends of ... (more)

UP 6379, one of the few remaining AC4400CWs still in Southern Pacific garb, leads loaded CPKC sand train 640, seen here running through Glenview, IL due to the dispatcher's decision to run the tra... (more)

Southern Pacific 7560 and Conrail 6606 idle in the Bakersfield diesel service a few days after Thanksgiving.

Southern Pacific 8321 is the lone helper on an eastbound manifest as it rolls down the hill in Cajon Pass, while an eastbound Santa Fe works up the hill towards Summit.

The engineer on SP 9160 opens the window to get some fresh air after exiting tunnel 3. His manned helper set is pushing hard on an eastbound loaded manifest as they climb the steep grade on Tehac... (more)

Eighteen car SP train 56 is seen at Glendale station in 1940. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4117 leads train 60, the West Coast, through Los Angeles California on July 27th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

SP 4-8-8-2 4101 leads 69 cars of the first 813 west with SP 4103 helping, at Los Angeles California, on August 2nd 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A set of light power is drifting downgrade at Shawmut.