Early evening arrival of the 'Oil Cans'
Southern Pacific's 3197 is one of three GP40P-2s on the roster, but the only one in Bicentennial paint. All three were assigned to San Francisco - San Jose commuter service. To see this engine a... (more)
When Alco's were new and cabooses were on every train..
A pair of Mopac SW1200s shove hard on the rear of a WB loaded Labadie coal train at the old Tuxedo Park suburban station in Webster Groves. Kodachrome 64, Minolta SRT-101, Rokkor 50mm f2
Cotton Belt SW1500 2483 and wide-vision caboose 14 sit patiently in North Little Rock, AR, awaiting the call to duty.
SP 2678 displays the speed lettering logo worn by few switch engines as it switches the former Rio Grande North Yard in Denver.
Non-EMD trucks from trade-in
Southern Pacific U50 9951 takes a spin on the Taylor Yard turntable.
Alco C415s domitated the switching duties here. There were 10 or so different C415s assigned here.
SD45 9044 acts as rear helper behind the caboose on a westbound that came off the UP at Ogden, Utah.
SP 7121 and a pair of UP SD9043MACs idle at Roseville Yard against the backdrop of a threatening sky.
8427 East smokes it up through Gridley as it rolls up the Sacramento Valley toward Oregon.