A pair of GP40X's sit in West Colton Yard. These locomotives were built in February of 1978. Only four units were delivered to the SP. Two were Locotrol masters and the other two were Locotrol sla... (more)
Lots of Flared-RadiatorsCreeping to a stop in San Luis Obispo is an eastbound Southern Pacific freight, heading down California's coast from the Bay Area to Los Angeles. On the poi... (more)
one of only four GP40X's on SP's roster leads an Oregon bound train at Mott siding north of Dunsmuir, CA
The Southern Pacific was known for its interesting consists, and here we see a rare, ten-year-old GP40X (SP only had four), 2873 (a GP9 from late 1956, wearing the colors of the ill-fated SP / San... (more)
Buena Park Hauler with all four of SP's GP40X's
The setting sun glints off half of Southern Pacific's GP40X fleet as an eastbound heads out of Sacramento, CA on September 2, 1978 behind two GP40Xs and two GP9Es, while an SW1500 works on an adja... (more)
