Centennial 6920 sits in UP's shops at its East Los Angeles facility.
About a month before it was absorbed by UP, power of various kinds idles in front of Western Pacific's shops in Stockton. A good portion of the power you see here will be gone or in a deadline onc... (more)
Two UP coal trains meet at Reno Junction as another heads off the main to Black Thunder Mine.
SP U28Cs and other power idle on the ready track in West Colton Yard.
As SSW 9647 East, a BKDOU, passes on the main line, an SP work train in the south siding at Woodford picks up spikes and other metal "debris" from the right of way using a big magnet att... (more)
A WP workman sands BN Century No. 4254 at the engine facility.
Four clean and shiny red and silver Dash 8s lead a hot 991 train at the east end of Marcel, CA. Trains like the 991, with its counterpart, the 199, made Santa Fe an impressive operation by any mea... (more)
RS11 501 prepares to depart Empalme shops after receiving heavy repairs and new paint.
The tail end of UP 3565 East tracks the power as the train circles the Williams Loop.
A six-unit EMD helper adds braking power to the SP's Oil Cans as they come down the steep defile between the Tehachapi Valley and Warren.
On a quiet afternoon, a big Milwaukee Road Little Joe sits without a sound in the locomotive shad at Avery. Note the line connected to one of the big electric's hoses.
After cutting off from their train that originated in the Pacific Northwest, four ex-SP&S Alcos head to the engine facility for diesel and sand.
Amtrak's Starlight arrives at Oakland with a beautiful observation on the rear.
The Oil Cans grind upgrade out of Caliente toward tunnel 1 with a fickle sun over head.
Three Santa Fe cowls lead an eastbound manifest past SP's Mojave Yard with the Tehachapi Mountains for a backdrop.
