SP FP7 6458 and E9 6050 are backing out of LAUPT after arriving with Train #1, The Sunset. The era of the E-unit on the SP was nearing an end.

WP 804A has arrived in Salt Lake with the next to last Eastbound CZ and turned it over to Rio Grande 5764 which will take it to Denver.

Union Pacific E9 #932 passing Mission Tower as it arrives at LAUPT with the "City of Los Angeles"

Union Pacific E9 #932 has arrived with the "City of Los Angeles" at LAUPT while on an adjacent track, ATSF #39C is ready to leave with a "San Diegan".

The thrice weekly remnant of the California Zephyr continued to operate on the Rio Grande for 12 years after the WP dropped theirs in 1970. Seen here, the train is climbing to Soldier Summit and i... (more)

By January of 1970, the Coast Daylight was but a shadow of its former self as FP7 #6456 rolls the train into San Jose passing Stockton St. and College Park. The Daylight had the distinction of bei... (more)

SP's Cascade is making its station stop in Berkeley in April of 1971, just days before Amtrak would take over the service. It's next stop would be at Oakland's 16th St. station and the end of the ... (more)

Making its daily Eastward stop at Stockton, The San Francisco Chief is ready to race down California's Central Valley. The ATSF depot is still in use for Amtrak's San Joaquin trains.

Still earning their keep on the Western Pacific's portion of the California Zephyr, 803A and two F3B units are Eastbound just East of the townsite of Altamont. The track below is the now removed S... (more)

The last WP California Zephyr is making its stop at Portola where an F3B and 3 coaches (which had come up on the last Eastbound the day before) are added to the consist for the last trip into Oakl... (more)

Pulling away from the Fremont Depot and ready to enter Niles Canyon on its way East.

ATSF 341 has arrived at LAUPT with a San Diegan. In the distance LA's art deco city hall. The set of doubles belong to the now defunct Railway Express Agency.

Before the FRED, there was the CABOOSE. SP SD45T2 9213 is pushing thru Emigrant Gap in March of 1986. It was SP practice to place a single helper behind the caboose and two or more were placed ahe... (more)

It was Amtrak's first winter on Donner Pass. The biggest change had been SP FP7 units displacing the newer SDP45's on the trans Sierra and Overland run. In this shot the San Francisco Zephyr is ap... (more)

Racing alongside Stanley Blvd. just outside of Livermore with a steam generator car directly behind the locomotives. The now abandoned SP line thru Niles Canyon to the West and Altamont to the Eas... (more)