Union Pacific GP35 743 awaits its next call-to-duty on a local out of Colton. The Geep was built in May 1964 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. (Colton, California – July 20, 1975)

Forty-Three Years Ago at SP's West Colton Yard Late in the afternoon, a Southern Pacific freight passes local landmark Slover Mountain as arrives at the railroad's West Colton Yar... (more)

WB before the grade separation was built here.

SP rebuilt and renumbered a few SD35s late in their careers. Regrettably the program was not continued. This unit has been rode hard and put away wet as the horse folks are won't to say. Photo ... (more)

Freshly repainted Union Pacific AC4400CW 6474, teamed with three ES44ACs (UP 8090, UP 8250 and KCS 4680), brings train MOGWC-15 into the West Colton Yard, its destination, from Ogden, Utah. UP 64... (more)

I'm standing on the steps and the famous old tower, still manned at the time, probably sipping ice tea. Jay, the tower operator, allowed me to hang out in air conditioned comfort while waiting fo... (more)

On this day in 1976, after a stay in Southern California that included Christmas in Pomona the American Freedom train with 4449 leading and with an assist from SD45T-2s 9389 and 9371 hits the diam... (more)

GMTX 7000 seen from Pepper Ave at West Colton.

UP 1867 builds an outbound train at Pepper Ave.

UP 7370 sits as lead locomotive for a train waiting on its crew to take it out of the yard at West Colton.

Yard power moves past one of the crew members to clear the switches after spotting a consist of freight cars. They made a reverse move to head back to the classification yard after the switches w... (more)

UP 7370 leads a train out of the Union Pacific departure yard at West Colton. The train is heading out to the main line leading to the Palmdale cut-off and up Cajon Pass.

UP 1572 leads a consist of yard power as it works in the Union Pacific West Colton Yard.

The crew on this westbound transfer, hauling cars from the Southern Pacific's Colton Yard to the then-still-fairly-new West Colton Yard, look pretty relaxed as they wait for a Santa Fe westbound t... (more)

A Southern Pacific Railroad freight prepares to depart the railroad’s West Colton Yard late in the day. SP SD45T-2 9340, SD45 8956, SD45T-2 9228 and SD40 8443 will have the honors of lifting th... (more)