An ex-SSW GP60 awaits its next assignment next to the former SP depot at Oxnard.

Scarlet & Grey Returns to the Coast Line. UP 1011 and a GP40-2 set to work this afternoon switching the small, central-coast yard that's main purpose these days is serving as an interchange... (more)

The amount of history that this nose has seen through its life.

Starting its life out as the SSW 9764, then UP 1967 and now finally UP 1011. The unit waits its life out as the Casa Grande switcher, staying as far away from the UP paint booths as possible.

Under clear night skies, the SSW 1011 rests away in the Casa Grande yard.

A blast from the past, with only a handful of these units left in their original paint. The SSW 1011 hides out in Casa Grande, Arizona attempting to outlast the paint booth.

UP 1011 awaits its next call to duty at Oxnard as Amtrak 782 highballs past the aging unit and yard office with a sharp looking F59PHI on the rear. With the ever dwindling number of patched UP mot... (more)

During my visit down to sunny San Luis Obispo this winter i got word that a patched SSW GP was part brought up for the yard power. It's cool seeing some faded SP colors still around on the Coastl... (more)

As if posed together on purpose, a Saint Louis & Southwestern (SSW) boxcar and ex-SSW 9674, now UP 1011, rest in the yard at Oxnard together a few days before the Thanksgiving holiday.

Patiently waiting its next call to duty, UP 1011 (ex-SSW 9674) bathes in the afternoon light across from the Oxnard yard office. With the dwindling number of patched units roaming the Union Pacifi... (more)

Patched SSW #1011 at UP's Kaiser Yard.

Prior to beginning their day switching the yard in Guadalupe, UP 1011 and 1499 catch the morning light as they rest on the house track. The ironic part in 1011's presence here is that it was selec... (more)

Prior to beginning their day switching the yard in Guadalupe, UP 1011 and 1499 catch the morning light as they rest on the house track. The ironic part in 1011's presence here is that it was selec... (more)

Union Pacific D.S. No. 1011 switches cars at Heber, Utah, on February 9, 2006. This vintage 1,000 h.p. locomotive was built by EMD in 1940, and served UP until 1977. The retired locomotive went to... (more)