Now in freight service, WP "Zephyr" FP7A No. 915-A idles at the engine facility at the railroad's yard in Stockton, CA.

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)

Santa Fe 813 West departs Stockton, CA, as it passes the famous tower at the crossing of SP's Valley Line and ATSF's Stockton Sub. The tower has since been demolished.

SP 5316 West roars past Stockton Tower with a GP9 as the second unit in the consist. In the 1970s, SP's SD39s did not often venture north of Fresno on the Valley Line, working Tehachapi and Cajon ... (more)

At sunset, an eastbound WP manifest with four pooled UP SD40-2s for power, roars through the sweeping curve at El Pinal as it approaches the crossing of SP's Valley Line. The engineer appears to h... (more)

WP high-hood GP20 No. 2007 idles in the switch engine facility in WP's yard. Note the interesting WP tankcar at right.

SP 9025 East passes under the big signal bridge north of its yard in Stockton, CA. On the other side of the train is WP's mainline and its big yard. From this point northward through downtown Stoc... (more)

A pair of ex-WP GP40s heads north out of the siding at Charter Way with a cut of cars. The lead unit is ex-WP 3516. As part of the agreement by which P took over WP in 1983, these air-conditioned ... (more)

Santa Fe 5347 West creeps through the ATSF-UP interchange to get to UP's Stockton Yard from Santa Fe's Mormon Yard. Because of catastrophic flood damage to SP's Tehachapi line on March 1, 1983, Sa... (more)

Early in the morning, SP 4345 West hustles "compass" southward through downtown Stockton, CA. The train originated in Roseville, CA.

Santa Fe GP35u No. 2946 steps lightly over a visible "bump" in the rail on the pass east of Stockton Tower. The man on the ground is helping the engineer to navigate this nasty vertical ... (more)

UP 9198 West stops at Charter Way so her conductor can climb down and throw a switch allowing her to enter Stockton Yard. In the not-too-distant future, UP will no longer use this track, but will ... (more)

An eastbound WP intermodal train heads in at Hammer Lane siding for a meet with UP 3751 South. The conductor's on the rear platform of the up "pool" caboose, ostensibly to check out the ... (more)

Out of the rain
On a rainy spring day in California, a woman waits for her train at the former Santa Fe station in Stockton on March 13, 1995.