Ready to leave Portland for Seattle, it is one of the daily trains run by the UP, SP&S, and NP in the last months before Amtrak fell upon us.

The "Last Run of a PA" Excursion is on its way back to Richmond from Stockton and has stopped at Port Chicago for a photo run. Trailing unit #58 has quit, resulting in some very ALCO-like smoke fr... (more)

Almost two years into Amtrak's existence, the former Santa Fe "San Diegan" service is a mixture of equipment. The Santa Fe F and a mix of Santa Fe and Southern Pacific cars rest at San Diego's dep... (more)

Excursion thru Niles Canyon and over Altamont To Sacramento with SP's first passenger Diesel/

On it way South to one of the sugar processing plants the 6303 is crossing Stockton Ave. at College Park in San Jose.

In February of 1968, an excursion was operated from Richmond, CA to Stockton and return pulled by two of Santa Fe's ALCO PA units. The are seen here at Knightsen as they are backing up in preparat... (more)

In 1968, a very successful "Last Run of a PA" was operated by Pacific Locomotive Association from Richmond to Stockton. The following year, as ATSF still had stored PA's in Barstow they decided to... (more)

I don't know how long she had been sitting there, but WP #334 still looked pretty good when I took this photo in June of 1964. The big 2-8-2 would later be moved to the Western Railway Museum at R... (more)

In 1969, Pacific Locomotive Assn. tried to repeat the "Last Run of An ALCO PA" they had run the previous year. If no PA was available, they then promised ATSF's lone E8. Well no PA and no E8 but ... (more)

Harlowton, MT, was the Eastern end of the Milwaukee's Montana Electrification. E57B was working the yard on a hot August afternoon in 1971. Today, this is a barren right of way.

Headed West, The Empire Builder, now a BN train, has stopped at the West Glacier Depot. SDP40 9856 is leading a mostly blue train--toward the rear are two California Zephyr cars.

Sierra's famed movie engine 4-6-0 #3 is heading to Warnerville to take water. It had doubleheaded to Cooperstown with #8. The yellow coach is the restored "Julia Bullette" from the Virginia & Truc... (more)

Sierra's famed Rogers 4-6-0 #3 is between Cooperstown and Warnerville. It had double-headed with #8 and was now running to Warnerville for water. The yellow car is the restored "Julia Bulette" fro... (more)

In a day when such excursions were possible, Santa Fe Alco S2 is loading passengers for an excursion around the yard and out onto the Richmond Belt. Besides the engine the consist was a gondola wi... (more)

Considered by some to be the ugliest train to ever cross Donner Pass. the Sierra '49er Express replaced the fun train for the 1990-91 season. Transisco went bankrupt in April of '91. The locomotiv... (more)