The Zephyr has passed Provo and Spanish Fork and heading into the canyon for the climb to Soldier Summit

ex-SP, now belonging to Amtrak, #6453 is leading the Eastbound San Francisco Zephyr at Baxter. SP required Amtrak to use the F-units during "adverse weather" as they did not like the plows on the ... (more)

The coming of Amtrak saw trains #5 and 6, the San Francisco Zephyr (or whatever they called it in the first few months) again running SP FP7's. In this shot, they are passing Eckley, now known as ... (more)

Ready head North to Cheyenne with #5, the Westbound San Francisco Zephyr is at Denver Union Station. At that time, #5 still operated over the UP from Cheyenne over to Ogden.

It is November of 1971, the so called "Rainbow Era" of Amtrak is underway as SP power leads cars from the UP, GN, BN, SP (their home built dome car), and CB&Q. The scene is at the West end of the ... (more)

The oldest named train on the SP, "The Del Monte" is crossing the Salinas River after leaving the SP mainline at Castroville and heading down the Monterey Branch. Today's train has several commute... (more)

Heading back to Oakdale from Cooperstown, McCloud #18, currently residing on the Sierra, is crossing the trestle between Cooperstown and Warnerville. Behind the #18 is Sierra's only remaining Basl... (more)

Short on motive power, in 1978 SP leased several Amtrak P30CH ("pooches) to work in the commute pool while the SDP45's were in freight service. An excess of offline cars on the SP resulted in an I... (more)

Outbound to Sharon Hill, SEPTA (former Red Arrow) Brilliner #6 has just passed under Regional Rail on Springfield Rd and about to turn onto Woodland.

Even though it had been UP for several months, trains over the SP in Nevada still looked as though nothing had changed. #6317 and 6312 are heading East out Sparks with the Fallon Local and crossin... (more)

With air temp just slightly over freezing, #4449 is charging out of Whitefish, MT on its way to Spokane. The sun has yet to rise in Montana's Northern Latitudes although it is after 8 AM MDT

With #629 in the lead, Amtrak Train #5 glides thru Emigrant Gap in February of 1978

Inbound on Germantown Ave., PCC #2093 is one of several PCC's upgraded by SEPTA in the early 80's. It would later be sold to a group in Colorado Springs for a proposed but as yet unbuilt "heritage... (more)

The Sacramento Daylight makings it stop at the Lodi depot. It is on its way to make a connection with the San Joaquin Daylight at Tracy. The meet had been done at Lathrop but during the last year ... (more)

#3030 is on the last curve into SP's Cahill St. Station in San Jose with Train 118. The area on the right is now the loication of the San Jose Ice Arena.