Now at rest inside the roundhouse at the California State Railroad Museum, Southern Pacific P-8 Class Pacifc #2467 is on loan from the City of Oakland and the Pacific Locomotive Association. 2467... (more)
Last of her kind, Southern Pacific AC-12 Class "Cab-Forward" #4294 was also the last new steam locomotive ordered by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Designed to battle the long, steep gr... (more)
Paired with an original Virginia & Truckee combine, 4-4-0 #12, "Genoa" is on display inside an 1884 Phoenix Bridge Company truss bridge at the California State Railroad Museum. Both &qu... (more)
Sacramento Southern SW8 #2008, formerly an Army brat from the Aberdeen Proving Grounds, passes the Tower Bridge on its way along the Sacramento River. The California State Capitol is in the backg... (more)
One of my favorite Virginia & Truckee locomotives, "J. W. Bowker" is a 1875 product of Burnham, Parry, Williams & Co. Currently on display beneath the train shed of the reconstructed Central Pacif... (more)