SP "Kodachrome" SD9 4418 leads the Permanente Local's long string of loaded coal hoppers up the grade to the cement plant in the foothills of Cupertino, CA on Feb. 23, 1987. Assisting are SD9 4341... (more)

A birds eye view of SP's Oakland to Denver Forwarder entering the Kyune Gooseneck on June 19, 1993.

Southern Pacific's East St. Louis to Oakland intermodal tops Cherry Hill near Kaysville on UP's Salt Lake Subdivision. Interestingly, this 29 car train has a gondola and a tank car combo sandwiche... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific freight follows the Arkansas River at Granite, Colorado, on September 5, 1995. Two brand-new SP GE AC4400CWs, Nos. 340 and 345, power the train along the scenic Arkans... (more)

2 of the 6 SD38-2's that SP owned, with slug 1000 made from a Alco Century unit, are seen pulling a string of cars back up the hump from the bowl.

Union Pacific's LUF51 local enters the Provo Subdivision main while Rio Grande's hot DVROT glides by at Lakota Junction. The track at upper left and upper right once crossed the D&RGW at grade unt... (more)

Flares! All four SP GP40Xs and an SDP45 as viewed from the Pepper Ave bridge in Colton, CA.

The "Kodachrome" scheme wasn't one of my favorites, but it could look OK when clean and in the right light.

Big time railroading! SP B39-8 #8034 pounds through the super-elevated curves at Hinda while lower-priority Cotton Belt GP60 #9668 waits on the westbound main. 9668 will move back to the eastbound... (more)

A trio of brand new GE AC4400CWs lead a Southern Pacific coal empty ascending the Mapleton Bench east of Springville, Utah.

Cut in 15 cars from the rear of the coal train, the second set of manned helpers grinds by at Mitchell, Colorado, on September 5, 1995. A total of ten new Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs were used t... (more)

On the morning of July 31, 1996, a Southern Pacific coal train climbs through the Crater Loops at Crater, Colorado, on the Craig Branch. Five General Electric AC4400CWs power the train, with two o... (more)

Rare sighting of a ST Louis, Southwestern GP 60 on the coastline passing through Ventura California.

Two new GE ACs lead a westbound manifest downhill through Applegate.

A westbound Southern Pacific freight curves through Sandcut, California, after an arduous crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains on the pleasant spring day of March 8, 1996.