SP 7240 leads SP 7811, SP 7661, and MKT 611 eastbound through the San Timoteo Canyon.

SP 8274 leads SP 7374, SP 8298, SP 9166, SP 8942, SP 8247 and 100 cars through Vaughn at 6:00 pm as storm clouds build.

SP 8266 leads six other EMD locomotives west up the steep grade near Chamiso Siding. Interesting to note that all seven locomotives are facing the same direction. Ah, the good ole days on the SP s... (more)

SP 8232 East roars through the sequential reverse curves of the Narrows just west of Caliente. When the SP built the line through this area, it put it virtually on top of Caliente Creek. That was ... (more)

An old looking SD-45 SP 7517 leads SP 8560, SP 7308, and SP 8338 west up Cajon Pass.

SP 7426, with a very dirty nose, leads fellow SD-45s 7461 and 7407 west out of San Timoteo Canyon towards the West Colton yard.

The engineer on the SP 8512 has his train slowly pulling out of West Colton yard as other crew members get ready to board the train.

SP 7240 leads SP 7811, SP 7661, and MKT 611 eastbound through the San Timoteo Canyon.

SP 6538 leads a westbound manifest train out of San Timoteo Canyon towards the West Colton yard, while SP 9327 sits in the helper spur waiting to assist another eastbound up Banning Pass.

Three new Southern Pacific AC4400CWs lead a heavy CTRN coal train through the curves at Mitchell, Colorado, climbing the 3 percent grade of Tennessee Pass east out of Minturn on the morning of Aug... (more)

An eastbound CTRN coal train grinds through the curves at Mitchell, Colorado, while climbing Tennessee Pass on August 1, 1996. DPU-equipped trains were still being tested in this era, but on this ... (more)

Climbing Tennessee Pass, the rear of a CTRN coal train gets assistance from a manned helper set while negotiating the curves at Mitchell, Colorado, on August 1, 1996. This helper set was added to ... (more)

About ten miles out of Alturas, an eastbound train on the Modoc Line rolls at track speed. When the train reaches Likely, the climb to Sage Hen summit will begin.

SP 7547 south leads BN train 111 through Tukwilla Washington to connect with the SP in Portland.

Less than 100 miles into its trip to Los Angeles, the Pacific Coast Express rolls through a frosty morning in the Willamette Valley.