Former SD40R SP7369 with trademark espee noselight and large plow looking good.
My favorite numbered SP SD40M-2, still unpatched doing some night shot posing.
The broken drawbar with makeshift "sling" to keep it from dragging during the set-out move just over three miles ahead of the break location.
A broken drawbar helped set up ths un-planned shot. Power was rebuild leaser SD40R GCFX3102 (ex-SP7369, ex-SP8455), SD40M-2 SP8579 (ex-CNW 968) and C44-9W UP9665 (ex-CNW8601). Three units on a UP ... (more)
The last stretch of nice mainline sunlight with the MSJRV about to take the cutover switch to split across the Roseville yard and back up into the arrival tracks.
One of the last Rio Grande T-2's cruises across the American River about 15 minutes west of Roseville. Notice something missing about the unit?
Now that's what I call a down-on of one beautiful locomotive - faded non-existent numberboards and all.
The DRGW5354 is shown with headlights burned out as it splits the "jungle" at Davis, CA (Cowtown). Those headlights were out for almost all of the trip and only in the end of the train's trip did ... (more)
On Wednesday 06.02.04, one of the few remaining unpatched DRGW SD40T-2's got the call of duty to return to Roseville from the Bay Area (San Jose) on the MSJRV. Lucky for us work-ditching railfans,... (more)
The long MSJRV 02 makes one of the many right banks along the bay at Pinole Shores. Note that in the bottom corner of the shot is "railfan_girlfriend"looking for "beach treasures" even with the tr... (more)
