Southern Pacific 8559 waits in the helper spur at Loma Linda for another eastbound train to help up Banning Pass.
An eastbound Southern Pacific freight drops downgrade past Crystal Lakes south (railroad east) of Malta, Colorado, on the beautiful summer morning of August 2, 1996. Trout are feeding on the surfa... (more)
It appears the 'senior' member of this EMD duo is providing most of the pull as an SP manifest heads west through Woods Cross on UP's Salt Lake Subdivision. The 'youthful' SP 8559 is an SD40T-2, b... (more)
Photo taken in summer of 2001.
SP SD40T-2 8559 and SP B39-8E 8013 rest at the end of track in Katy on UP's Smithville Sub. Behind 8559 used to stretch the remainder of the ex-MKT mainline from Smithville to Houston. Photo tak... (more)
