Cotton Belt No. 819 is heading north on home rails in the second day of a trip from Pine Bluff, Ark., to St. Louis for the NRHS Convention. The train spent the night in Illmo (Scott City), Mo., an... (more)
eastbound SP train McCredie Springs siding
The engineer on the Cotton Belt SSW 9284 is about to throw out a set of train orders to me as he thunders past with a ribbon rail train eastbound through San Timoteo Canyon.
Renumbered Cotton Belt 6884 works uphill through the reverse curves in San Timoteo Canyon.
Four steam locomotives gather at St. Louis, Missouri, on June 14, 1990. Cotton Belt No. 819, Norfolk and Western No. 1218, Union Pacific No. 844 and Frisco No. 1522 simmer the night away under the... (more)
On Presidents' Day '94, SP's hot OADVF heads east to Denver a few minutes out of Roper Yard.
SP's hot Denver to Oakland Forwarder zigs and zags along the Price River west of Kyune.
SSW 9708 remains un-patched as it is seen leading a Southbound Light Engine Move through Grady, AR.
SSW 9708 remains un-patched as it is seen leading a Southbound Light Engine Move through Dumas, AR.
At one time traffic was so busy at the SP-WP West San Jose crossing that a tower was required to control movement across SP's Vasona line and WP's San Jose branch. By September 12, 1993, with most... (more)
SP's Denver to Roseville Forwarder, with its usual quartet of GP60s, glides west through the Jordan Narrows the evening of July 9, 1993.
A Cotton Belt GP60 leads an SP freight through Centerville on UP's Salt Lake Subdivision.