Nothing says "SP" like a Tunnel-Motor. 8333 has just left Mojave on its way to Trona.

Even in 1984 this was a rare lashup. Five first-generation SDs and GPs pulling a long mixed freight. The engine music was terrific!

A solid set of Warbonnets between at Hill 582.

Tunnel Motors doing what they do best.

On a very hazy day, 4-8-4s #4449 and #8444 march into Los Angeles Union Station. They will be part of Union Station's 50th anniversary celebration.

8444 shows of her brand new "Greyhound" paint. From September 1987 to June 1991 she wore two-tone gray paint and yellow trim

On its way to Atlanta 1218 slides past Sloss Furnace, one of Birmingham's oldest blast furnaces. The complex has been preserved as a museum, metal-artist center, concert venue, and very scary Hal... (more)

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)

CN only painted one locomotive to promote the 1986 Worlds Fair in Vancouver. Here it is pulling the westbound "Okanagan Express" passenger special across the Thompson River at Lytton, British Co... (more)

I can still hear the sound of the locomotives echoing in the canyon.

To make room for the 1986 World's Fair, VIA consolidated passenger operations into the former Canadian National Vancouver terminal. This was the last time I would see so many non-museum F-units a... (more)

Heading for the World's Fair -- 1984.

Leaving Martin. I always loved the sound of these locomotives.