A set of light power is drifting downgrade at Shawmut.

Crawling on its knees due to a couple of units with mechanical issues SP 8503 leads an eastbound stack train as it climbs Beaumont Hill.

Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8503 was the lead engine on the Westbound APLAA when it didn't stop, ran out the West end of the siding and into the side of the Eastbound LADAT. Apparently the 8503 was ... (more)

It Sounded Great!

In a scheme repeated thousands of times in the 1970s and 1980s, a westbound Southern Pacific freight grinds upgrade on the Palmdale Cutoff, SP's shortcut between Bl... (more)