Twilight on the diamond at Stockton Tower.

Santa Fe 813 West departs Stockton, CA, as it passes the famous tower at the crossing of SP's Valley Line and ATSF's Stockton Sub. The tower has since been demolished.

Big UP SD50 No. 5078 leads a westbound freight over the crossing with Santa Fe's Stockton Sub at the tower. When freights approached the tower, they would often call the operator for a "light... (more)

On a clear winter's day, SP 9805 East passes Stockton Tower. The train is a relatively short manifest headed for Roseville. Note that only two tracks remain on SP's right of way, where there used ... (more)

Santa Fe 4023 West, a 199 train out of Chicago, crosses the SP's Valley Line at Stockton Tower.

Early on a clear Saturday morning, an eastbound SP freight trundles over the diamonds at the crossing of the Santa Fe Stockton Sub at Stockton Tower. The SP is on the railroad's Valley Line, which... (more)

On a hazy September afternoon, a hot eastbound pig train trundles through the SP-Santa Fe diamonds as it heads for Portland, OR.

A westbound San Joaquin with an ex-UP E-unit for power rumbles through the SP-Santa Fe diamonds as the tower operator looks on.

At sunset, a bay window caboose punctuates the end of an eastbound Western Pacific manifest.

UP #9249 clatters across the diamonds under the watchful eye of Stockton Tower.

At dusk, a 199 train accelerates westward out of Stockton after crossing SP's Valley Line. The conductor in the caboose has just picked up his orders at the tower.

SP 8262 West passes Stockton Tower.

The "Friendly" Southern Pacific had already been consumed by Big Yellow (Union Pacific) in 1998, but a few incredibly shabby SP units were still wearing the gray with red noses. A couple of ex-SP ... (more)

Running south (east) on the Santa Fe, Amtrak San Joaquin No. 708 passes Stockton Tower over the Southern Pacific diamonds, led by new GE Dash-8-32BWH “Pepsi Can” No. 501 on March 7, 1993. This Cal... (more)

Early in the morning on a 4th of July, a hot 991 train trundles across the SP diamonds at Stockton Tower as a photographer at left records its passing on video.