A morning yard crew is seen working the yard at Roseville, building a manifest train for a road crew to take up over “The Hill” to Donner Summit and down to Reno.
Constructed by Cooke in March, 1897, 4-6-0 No. 2252 is one of the oldest standard gauge Southern Pacific locomotives in existence. Southern Pacific donate... (more)
Somehow, though SP had hundreds, the U boats always seemed like rarities. I guess it was because they were first things stored, disliked by crews, etc. This one arriving from the Bay Area has mi... (more)