An overview of the south end of Union Pacific's Dolores Yard engine facility, showing an assortment of modern UP power: ES44ACs, SD70Ms, Gensets, etc. The Alameda Corridor (the mainlines shared by... (more)

An overview of the north end of Union Pacific's Dolores Yard engine facility, showing an assortment of modern UP power: ES44ACs, SD70Ms, SD70ACe's, Dash 9-44CWs, etc. The Alameda Corridor (the ma... (more)

PRLX PR30C 3002 switches a cut of double-stack well cars at Union Pacific's Dolores Yard / ICTF facility in Carson, California, on September 19, 2011.

The Kinder Morgan ethanol train is being put into position by their Shuttlewagon. This work used to be done by a pair of GEEPS. I was surprised at how much this little sucker could pull. This phot... (more)

A new Union Pacific ES44AC diesel, with the newer, heavier handrail stanchions. UP calls these engines C45ACCTE locomotives, but builder General Electric calls them ES44AC's.

single roster shot from a set of four matched SD35's being used in LA area "hauler" service at SP Dolores yard Carson, CA

At the north end of Union Pacific's Dolores Yard is CP Alameda, where some of the power lays over awaiting assignment. Unlike southern California's other railroad, BNSF Railway (which operates a ... (more)

After disappearing for a while, Union Pacific GS14B Y2005 has returned to Dolores Yard in Carson, California. This engine was built by National Railway Equipment from Southern Pacific MP15DC 2690... (more)

Southern Pacific GP38-2 4835 rolled out of EMD's La Grange, IL, factory in June 1980. Note the details: 88" nose with a brakewheel, SP light package, 4-hole jacking pads, air conditioning, Natha... (more)

The Southern Pacific was known for its interesting consists, and here we see a rare, ten-year-old GP40X (SP only had four), 2873 (a GP9 from late 1956, wearing the colors of the ill-fated SP / San... (more)

Four GE Dash 8-39B diesels, with one EMD Tunnel Motor, bring a double-stack container train into Southern Pacific's Dolores Yard in Carson, California, on August 22, 1988.

brand new UP and KCS power sits in UP power storage tracks on the north end of Dolores yard.

SSW 7292 switches the oil cans at the refinery in Carson.

Union Pacific's "Missouri-Kansas-Texas Heritage" SD70ACe 1988 will be attended to as soon as the blue flag is hung on the side of the nose. Then the cab will be stocked with a fresh supply of wat... (more)

A colorful lashup of Union Pacific 1988 (the MKT heritage unit), 1996 (the SP heritage unit) and 4141 (the Bush Library engine) suns itself as the fog burns off at Dolores Yard in Carson, Californ... (more)