Venerable SP SW1500 No. 2689 sits in the Roseville Shops awaiting repairs. In the last half of the 1980s, SP began removing all oscillating Gyralites from its locomotives. The reason? The FRA had ... (more)

Santa Fe shop workers hand polish a pair of SD75Ms in the Light Repair Shop.

BNSF 8956 West negotiates hogbacks on its return to the Powder River Basin for another coal load.

Vivid lightning rips through the sky over the Tortolita Mountains as an eastbound UP freight activates the CTC signal at the west end of Rillito.

As an eastbound BNSF stack train heads for Chicago on the Kansas City Terminal's "Skyway," a westbound BNSF manifest led by an NS "catfish" drops to ground level.

Ex-BN GP9B 1701 sits at Argentine's diesel shop.

3010 East creeps up toward Little Joe E79, which will help the freight over St. Paul Pass to Alberton, Montana.

With the help of a hydraulic arm, diesel mechanic Cash guides Ross in positioning the new power assembly for insertion in SP 8676's prime mover.

SD9 No. 4360--a frequent sight on Tehachapi--leads a westbound SP manifest down the steep grade at Woodford.

SP 8648 East roars up the Valley Line toward Stockton Tower and the crossing of the Santa Fe. The train is a seemingly endless string of boxcars of various types headed back to the Pacific Northwe... (more)

A Western Pacific SW9 return to the yard with a transfer from the Santa Fe.

A BN "pre-merger" SD45 idles in the engine facility at Interbay.

Amtrak's eastbound San Francisco Zephyr passes a wig-wag at Dutch Flat as it grinds up the Donner grade.

With a little snow still on the ground from a storm earlier today, an eastbound SP pig train passes the big coaling tower at Mescal, AZ. The tower appears to have been built shortly after SP acqui... (more)

On its inaugural run, Amtrak's San Joaquin has E9A No. 417 and an ex-SP FP7 for power. No. 417 is ex-UP No. 912. There's a big crowd on hand at the ex-Santa Fe depot to see this significant event ... (more)