It is Amtrak's second day of operation as SP #3205 leads a Westbound Coast Starlight (then known as #13) thru Alviso on the northern edge of San Jose.

Two of SP's venerable SD7's, although forty years old, were still at work for their original owner at the East end of the Roseville yard.

WP freight slows as it passes Sacramento Northern 654 in the Marysville yards. The trackage around Marysville and Yuba City was the last vestige of SN's extensive network still under wire,

The Del Monte Plant was a major customer for the SN in Yuba City as 654 worked on a hot summer day in 1964. On this day, half a world away, an event unfolded which would become known as "The Gulf ... (more)

On their way to Railfair 1981 and the dedication of the California State Railroad Museum, UP 8444 and recently restored 3985 work their way up the Truckee River Canyon just East of the old lumber ... (more)

E72 has left Deer Lodge heading West and is now approaching Garrison.

Used on many of the "Last of Steam" trips around Northern California, #1744 ended up on display in Corinne, Utah. In 1981, she was moved to Heber CIty to run on what was then known as the Heber Cr... (more)

On the way to Chama, D&RGW #498 and #484 are working their way down the San Luis Valley between Alamosa and La Jara. Behind the locomotives is a side dump filled with cinders to be used as ballast... (more)

The Rio Grande did not use the K37 2-8-2's on the Silverton Branch on a regular basis, After they sold the line to the Bradshaw interests, the new owners rebuilt #497 and used it on the Silverton,... (more)

BN 5738 is ready to leave Livingston, Montana, with a trailing lash up of units representing 3 of the roads that formed BN. Northern Pacific, Great Northern, and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy

Track #14 at the Third & Townsend depot was the only track wich did not stub end but ran thru onto King St. Until the Daylight quit running, it had been the usual arrival track for long distance t... (more)

SP SD9 #3830, still wearing "Black Widow" paint, is parked outside of the now gone roundhouse in Willits, CA. The little utility tractor is lettered for the NWP

After arriving in San Francisco for its display date, the Freedom Train was moved to Crissy Field. The 4449 itself only went as far as Aquatic Park do to clearence issues in the Fort Mason tunnel.... (more)

Union Pacific#844 and #3985 have spent the day crossing Nevada from Elko and are now at Doyle, CA and will go as far as Portola that night. They will then venture down the Feather River Canyon and... (more)

Rio Grande F9 #5771 is heading West with the Rio Grande Zephyr, the remnant of the California Zephyr. As the Grande didn't join Amtrak, they were required to keep this train running. I lasted unti... (more)