A manifest heads south on the Shasta Route, crossing the Salt Creek Arm of Lake Shasta.

In the 1970s, the Southern Pacific railroad was predictably unpredictable – One never knew what one might find when railfanning the SP. And it got even more interesting for a few years when the... (more)

Southern Pacific 4449 has arrived in Taylor Yard and is swarmed by employees and railfans.

Southern Pacific 18 crosses the Animas River at Timber Bridge

It used to happen everywhere. 9169's engineer leans out to grab orders. The conductor will grab his when the caboose rolls by.

The usual high-horsepower SP/SSW four-axle power leads CSX intermodal train 144 as it passes Roanoke Junction. The diverging line originally went to Roanoke, but by the time of the photo had been... (more)

Built for San Francisco commuter service, 7602 was one of just three GP40P-2s constructed by EMD. In 1994 the rare diesel was at the head of a northbound CSX freight, coupled to slightly less rar... (more)

Typical power for this train in the mid-90s, a Cotton Belt GP60 races CSX 145 down the former Western Railway of Alabama toward Montgomery and, eventually, a handoff at NOLA.

In the early 1970s, not a lot of pool power came through Montgomery other than SP/SSW units on L&N 72/73. Oddly enough, though, SP/SSW units did occasionally show up on SCL trains on the former S... (more)

Southern Pacific and Union Pacific power mingles with that of the home team at Conrail's "91 Bay" engine facility in Oak Island Yard.

A Wisonsin Central loaded ore train is seen passing Deval Tower. The train loaded at Minntac Mine on the DM&IR and will be handed off to the SP in Chicago for furtherance to Geneva Steel in Utah.... (more)

A westbound SP freight with a set of A-B-B-A F7's in Black Widow paint scheme , roared pass the photographer at Alhambra, California in July 12, 1957. Photo from my collection, photographer Rober... (more)

Ordered in 1990 from Morrison-Knudsen and rebuilt from secondhand (thirdhand?) GP40 hulls purchased by M-K, thirty-nine GP40Rs were added to Southern Pacific’s roster as SP 7100-7138. The first... (more)

Southern Pacific’s westbound KCOAF (Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder) negotiates the canyon between Pando and Red Cliff, on August 2, 1996. Two GE AC4400CW locomotives from the Minturn helper po... (more)

Intermodal speeds across a blanket of fresh ballast as the old Western Railway of Alabama mainline gets some attention.