Passenger stop at Tracy and also to meet its connection with the Sacramento Daylight

Commute train #139 powered by one of SP's four "torpedo boat" GP9's. These locomotives were not equipped with dynamic brakes and had the larger roof mounted air tanks. The industrial buildings to ... (more)

Once a division point on the Carson and Colorado Railroad, by 1984 it was the end of track. In August of 1984, #4371 sits next to the Mina Depot waiting for a crew to take it back North to Sparks.... (more)

SP 3392 is leading three other GP9's on the Santa Cruz local as they leave Davenport. The large structure in the distance is part of the RMC/Lonestar cement plant. On the ground next to the track... (more)

One of the last strongholds for SP's Baldwin roadswitchers was the Roseville hump. At the East end of the yard, #5264 and #5242 spend a cold Saturday in January of 1968.

Inbound toward City Center and Independence Hall, SEPTA #2271 is on 4th. St. in 50-Line service. It is May of 1976 an d 4 years later the 50 would be converted to bus. Car #2271 (former Kansas Cit... (more)

From the time SP's Oakland Mole closed until it was severly damaged in the 1989 earthquake, SP's 16th Station served as Oakland's main depot. In November of 1971, SP power still ruled on Amtrak's ... (more)

SP 6462 began life as Cotton Belt 320 in Daylight paint. The unit came West when SSW dropped passenger service. The unit lacked dynamics and had a standard pilot instead of an SP plow and spent mo... (more)

High above the American River heading East. This place is known by several names, American, Casa Loma, Rocky Point, CP Rawhide, among others

Returning from a round trip excursion from San Jose to Watsonville, SP 2472 and SP 4449 are passing thru College Park on the way to Newhall Yard where they were kept during the 1992 NRHS Conventio... (more)

Amtrak was not yet a year old but the so called "Rainbow Era" was in full swing. Train #5, The San Francisco Zephyr led by SP power and an assortment of cars including one of SP's home built dome ... (more)

SP 4449 is on hits way home after participating in the 50th Anniversary celebration for Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. It has passed thru Weed and Climbing toward Grass Lake.

Amtrak #200 (the first F40), long before it was emasculated into a "cabbage", heading into Chicago, it has crossed 8th St. in Michigan City and about to cross the South Shore directly behind me.

After switching the plastics plant at Wabuska, #4391 is heading West on its way back to Sparks. With the abandonment of the Thorn to Mina section of the branch it is now known as the Thorn Turn. T... (more)

Taken from on board the Northbound (SP Westbound) Coast Daylight as the helper units came back from Cuesta. #3009 was a passenger equipped locomotive.