SP 8588, a wreck victim from a collision on Cajon Pass, sits quietly in the dead line at Oxnard.

Back in 1996, the Rio Grande was fulfilling its role as a bridge route across the Rockies. The railroad was alive with SP traffic like that shown here at Narrows, Utah. Scanned from a color print.

Southern Pacific's Skyline to Trona coal load arrives at UP's Provo Yard for interchange on Sept. 24, 1994. Meanwhile, a Union Pacific CDCMA coal train and a North Platte to Yermo manifest await d... (more)