After an overnight run over Donner Pass, SP #6453 leads a Pacific Rail Society special past the Agnew depot in Santa Clara on it way home to Los Angeles. The depot is one of the few remaining stru... (more)

Rio Grande 498 and 484 departing Alamosa and heading down the three rail track to Antonito and then over to Chama, NM

Passing thru Alviso, a small community north of San Jose, SP #3209 has the Coast Starlight in tow. After passing thru Oakland, at that time the, train became #12 instead of #11 to conform to SP'... (more)

The car has just left the Woodland depot and outbound in 36 line service. After the carhouse fire the previous year they were running everything with wheels. Take note of the signs and people in f... (more)

Even with a helper on the rear, #498 was struggling with what would turn out to be the last Eastbound revenue freight to run from Chama to Alamosa. This day would also prove to be the last day #49... (more)

SP 3028 is crossing 4th St. as it pulls out of the now gone 3rd and Townsend depot in San Francisco with commute #128. Another FM waits in the distance with Train #136. In the background, the exte... (more)

On the way home from Railfair '91 passing thru Blue Canon on the SP's Donner Pass Line.

For whatever reason, now lost memory, SP SD45 #9074 is sitting on the house track by the Truckee Freight House in November of 1988. The one door left hanging open suggests the unit failed and was ... (more)

SP 4449 is skirting San Pablo Bay, passing the Union 76 refinery, as it approaches the town of Crockett. The big Northern was on its way to Sacramento with an excursion train operated in conjuncti... (more)

Inbound on Baltimore Ave. in May of 1976, PCC #2156 wears the so called "Gulf Oil" Paint scheme. The 34-line is still active today with Kawasaki single ended streetcars. #2156, built in June of 19... (more)

Westbound thru the foothills of the Sierra Amtrak #116 is leading four other A units and one B unit while pulling the Reno Fun Train. All the locomotie were ex-SP as were most of the cars. Althoug... (more)

It was around 4AM as the last WP California Zephyr was readied to head West from Elko, Nevada at the SP station in downtown. The last Eastward Zephyr had left several hours earlier. Today, all tra... (more)

#6 is just past Alta, passing the townsite of Towle. This day E8 #326 (formerly UP 929A) led all the way over the hill without the usual FP7 -- I guess the weather, in SP's mind anyway, was not "a... (more)

Double heading Baldwins--one steam, one diesel--as the "Sierra Supper Chief" dinner train heads West from Jamestown. On the cab of the #28, directly below the number is"F.R. Egan", the general man... (more)

SP 3765 is crossing the San Lorenzo River as it approaches the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. In recent months, current owner Union Pacific and various political entities have been negotiating the sa... (more)