On a cold and dreary December 8, 1985, afternoon, a colorful line up of MKT power brightens up the day at Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, Kansas.

While passing through Alturas on a freight train, I found the SP 3818 still in its Black Widow scheme, long after the scarlet and gray had become standard. This was shot with Agfachrome.

SP 9806 East prepares to depart the yard for the Pacific Northwest with EMD demonstrator No. 7001 as its second unit.

The Southern Pacific Railroad was an official sponsor of the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California. As such, they promoted the Games with a special paint scheme applied to SD40R 73... (more)

A SP manifest was westbound on the BN's "Raceway" and passing Highlands Station on May 9, 1991, led by SP SD40T-2 No. 8319.

With the Austin city limit a mile behind it, the Texas Special heads north. Its thirteen cars testify to the fact that rail was still the way to travel in the summer of 1947.

The Texas Special is southbound leaving Austin.

The Katy's new diesels arrived well before The Texas Special's streamlined cars. In this scene the train is seen east of Austin northbound.

MP crew switches their tiny Lincoln yard. That's BN in the background.

An eastbound coal train heads into Denver as they work downhill on the Front Range. The train has just crossed over the Blue Mountain Crossing between Clay and Plainview. In the up right hand corn... (more)

Westbound coal on the former Denver, Rio Grande and Western.

Moving along at about 10 mph, a pair of Missouri Pacific GP38-2s lead Union Pacific's Provo-Salt Lake City local north along the old Provo Subdivision between Cutler (Lehi) and Mount (summit). The... (more)

Train #98, the Eastbound Coast Daylight has just passed under Curtner Ave. The larger consist is cars deadheading to LA for that nights Sunset. This line in now double tracked, the hills to the ri... (more)

MOP 2112, a GP-35, leads its southbound train through downtown Russellville, AR during Feb 1978.