An SMVRR cab hop heads back to the SP interchange yard at Guadalupe for another twenty five car cut of loaded sugar beets for the sugar mill at Betteravia.

Transfer job In Guadalupe. This train will be taking cars to Santa Maria, which is off the mainline and connected by the Santa Maria Valley Railroad to the interchange at Guadalupe.

The SMV Town Job heads towards Santa Maria on the day after the 4th of July holiday with a nice GE 70-ton for power.

Santa Maria Valley's GP9 awaits its next assignment. (Photo taken with permission and under supervision of railroad personnel.)

A short Saturday train heads towards a rural crossing on the beautiful Central Coast of California.

After dropping some tractors off at the team track, the Santa Maria Valley Saturday Town Job pulls a string of hoppers that it will putting on a storage track for when needed again. The little 70 ... (more)

With some Deere on the head end, Santa Maria Valley's Town Job heads toward Betteravia with its 70-tonner #80 doing the honors. The flat with tractors will be parked at the team track in Betteravi... (more)

Not sure what model export GE model but rare export GE leading beet loads near Union Sugar refinery Betteravia, CA

SMVRR 80 sits with a line of hoppers.

Working their interchange with SP these units were uncommon in those days and extremely scarce today. Man, it's flat here!.

Santa Maria Valley No. 1000 was built in 1920 by American Locomotive Company for the Hetch Hetchy Railroad #4. This 2-8-2 Mikado has 20 x 28 cylinders, 48-inch drivers, weighs 88 tons and has an o... (more)

This is not a display at a railroad museum, but rather two very active pieces of equipment getting a rest on the Santa Maria Valley Railroad. The 61-year-old 70 tonner is still used by the railroa... (more)

Working the interchange is one fine combination of locomotives, one with a air whistle and one with a horn. That way I guess you can tell whether you are coming or going.

California sunshine and a rare GE 70 ton and U6B combination make for an interesting industrial view.

A Santa Maria Valley train from Guadalupe to Santa Maria is seen crossing a farmer's field near Iremel on its way to Carr.