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)

Bessemer & Lake Erie 905, 866, and 901 leads the ore train south across the huge bridge over the Allegheny River at Harmar Township, Pennsylvania.

Cotton Belt Incognito

Southern Pacific SD45T-2 9392, SP SD45 7477 and a Cotton Belt GP60 lead a westbound manifest through Union Pacific's Puente Junction in the City of Industry, Ca... (more)

A battered veteran of mountain railroading climbs Tennessee Pass. While the coal trains got the new AC4400s, drag freights got whatever could be thrown together. On this train a mixed lash-up of... (more)

In another view of SP9197 east, a couple of Whitewater Building Materials Corp. of Grand Junction, Colorado hoppers are in the foreground of this picture. The cars are notable in that Trainworx r... (more)

SD45T-2 SP9197 leads 2 more tunnel motors and a GP40-2 thru the Mitchell Curves. The new coat of paint on the leader is already covered in a layer of tunnel grime. The big 20 cylinder SP9197 was... (more)

A pair of former CEFX/SP EMD's power a short Flat Rock turn back south after interchanging with the CN at FR. The crew will take this train down to Delta Oh. These two have been bought from CEFX a... (more)

Problems of overheating in exhaust-choked Sierra and Shasta tunnels led EMD and SP in the early 1970s to develop the SD45T and its predecessor SD40T. The answer turned out to be simple and elegant... (more)

The conductor and engineer on the SP 9172 watch as we roll by on the Amtrak - Pacific Railroad Society Mountain Outin Special up Tehachapi Pass. With the re-alignment of the siding, this view of ... (more)

A westbound train rolls up and down the undulating grade as they march toward the Oldcastle Materials Sudduth quarry for another load of Central Texas aggregate. This operation is unique in that t... (more)

Eastbound is Northbound

An eastbound Southern Pacific freight heads north on the railroad's East Valley Line, passing through the small town of Sheridan, California. Led by a trio o... (more)

What could have been if not for a little gray paint. IORY A400 works its way off the lead in Flat Rock, MI. to proceed back south on the CN Flat Rock Sub and eventually back to home rails. While I... (more)

An eastbound Kyle grain train begins the trek across Sand Creek on a wood trestle west of Siebert, Colorado, on May 6, 2014. Two former Southern Pacific EMD SD45T-2s power the train on Rock Island... (more)