One of those delightfully mixed up consists shepherded by a usually reliable unit is preparing to depart for LA. Most of them were on a short leash.

SCL No. 214 has just crossed Crabtree Creek at Raleigh, NC on an early morning in the fall of 1976. This morning finds a trio of GP20's (2 SSW and 1 SP) a long way from home rails handling the h... (more)

Nice collection of semi-junk lugging another train westbound over the Palmdale cutoff. As I recall this was a one unit helper train.

Classic SP and the whole train in the shot. This great assortment of semi-junk is lugging a westbound over the Palmdale Cutoff. No the sun doesn't always shine in California.

A snoot drifts down to the big interlocking. I used to refer to the ledge under the freeway here as "Hobo Union Terminal" The bos and the empty Santa Fe Ruby Port bottles (20% alcohol and $1.95 ... (more)

Looking like an example of a bad weathering job, ("Hey, it's not prototypical"), this battered workhorse is in the helper pocket awaiting a westbound.

With Los Angeles' City Hall visible in the distance, Cotton Belt GP60 9686 leads a light power movement southbound (railroad "east") on Southern Pacific’s Wilmington Line, alongside the new MTA ... (more)

SP style nose in the classic style.

Rio Grande's Tennessee Pass was a fantastic place to railfan and one of the reasons I moved to Colorado. While I would much rather have the Rio Grande leading the consist was neat with a GP60-SD45... (more)

SWEET! Cotton Belt lives in 2009, in the form of SSW 9669, here at UP's small South City Yard in San Francisco.

A group of fallen flags (SSW 9669, SP 4609, UP 1530, UP 1370, UP 1489 and UP 361) all sit at South City awaiting their next assignments.

SSW 9631 is in the hole at Deming, waiting for a east bound. The sun last rays color the scene.