A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

Eastbound KYLE road freight switches the local elevator at Genoa on its slow trek across the High Plains of eastern Colorado. Today's train has a pair of SP painted SD45T-2s doing the honors. The ... (more)

KYLE 9362 east, still in full blown SP paint, rolls across the high plains of eastern Colorado as a mix of sun and clouds sweep across the view of Pikes Peak looming in the distance.

A set of lite helper power was descending the Tehachapis at the east siding switch Walong

A westbound manifest roars through south Stockton a little south of Stockton Tower.

A run-though vehicle train off the NS at Kansas City approaches the east end of Roseville Yard after coming over Donner Pass.

An SP eastbound roars into the cut below the Loop.

At sunset, a rainbow of power climbs the 1.0 percent at Shawmut with an eastbound UP stack train. In the background are the rugged and snake-filled Maricopa Mountains.

Just as the sun rises in the northeast, the head end of SP 9182 East comes out of the Alllard Horseshoe, while its rear helper is still in the middle of the big curve. Below is the beautiful pastu... (more)

An eastbound manifest makes its way through Elkhorn Slough under a sunny, cloud-filled sky.

The engineer working Southern Pacific's Roper to Grand Junction manifest freight looks over his shoulder and inspects his train passing through Riverton with 70 cars on Aug. 26, 1994.

An SP manifest grinds up hill in run 8 past the Santa Fe Tunnel 1 on Cajon Pass. The SP and tunnel are now distant memories.

We Have All Been Here Before

When many railfans think of the Southern Pacific, they think of dirty, run-down locomotives. But this was generally not the case with the SP - not until... (more)