A WB SP manifest on Sullivan's Curve. Santa Fe's North Track is at left, although a parallel train on it would be an eastbound! K64, Minolta X-700, Sigma 80-200mm f3.9

An unrebuilt SP SD45 leads a lumber train across the south end of the Klamath basin. K64, Minolta X-700, Sigma 80-200mm f3.9

Another Centennial on borrowed time, UP 6941 was retired May 16, 1985 and scrapped in August, 1986. K64, Minolta XG-M, Rokkor 50mm f1.7

UP 6912 had a bit over a year left in revenue service when this photo was taken. Retired in May, 1985, she was stripped of all usable parts by the Feather River Rail Society at Portola, CA, and s... (more)

An EB SP Modoc Line train ascends the Likely Loops near the summit at Sage Hen. The 8354 is the trailing unit of the remote helper set; the road power is on the far hillside. A third level of tr... (more)

One of the more unusual helper consists you'll ever see, these units were entrained in an eastbound manifest at Kamela, the summit of the Blue Mountains, in September, 1984. The 6942 was traded i... (more)

UP 6934 was retired in May, 1985, traded in to EMD and scrapped August, 1986. K64, Minolta XG-M, Rokkor 50mm f1.7

A scrungy SP SD9 passes a wig wag crossing signal on the outskirts of Klamath Falls. Texum is the junction of the Modoc Line and the Black Butte Sub mainline. The Copic local worked as far as Tu... (more)

An SP eastbound passes the open train order office at Alturas on the Modoc line, one of the more obscure corners of SP's "Golden Empire." K64, Minolta X-700, Rokkor 35-70mm f3.5

An SP manifest climbs around Tehachapi Loop, as the conductor of a Sante Fe WB in the siding at Walong looks on from his caboose. They were just getting ready to install welded rail at this time.... (more)

Fresh from the Sacramento shops, 7495 shows what SP power looked like when clean! Originally SP 8825, built 8/66, unit was rebuilt to SD45R and renumbered 7495. K64, Minolta X-700, Rokkor 35-70m... (more)

A quartet of SP SD9s assigned to Tehachapi helper service back into the pocket track at Bena, CA. K64, Minolta SRT-101, Rokkor 50mm f1.7

Former Reading T-1 2102 (lettered "Allegheny") is hauled backwards by a pair of P&S SW9s during a fall foliage excursion in 1974. Kodachrome 64, Yashica TL

Kodachrome 64, Minolta SRT-101, Rokkor 50mm f1.7

K64, Minolta SRT-101, Rokkor 50mm f1.7