My great, great uncle Robert F. McKee, Sr., was a design engineer at Baldwin and he would give my father different Baldwin Locomotive Works builder's cards when my father would visit him in Collin... (more)

One of my fathers favorite locomotives was the Southern Pacific 4-8-8-2 cab forward. It had a tractive force of 123,400 lbs., and a combined engine and tender weight of 1,051,200 lbs. My great, gr... (more)

Five B truck locomotive out on the sunset route. Three GP40-2's up front, and two B30-7 on the rear.

Southern Pacific’s westbound KCOAF (Kansas City to Oakland Forwarder) negotiates the canyon between Pando and Red Cliff, on August 2, 1996. Two GE AC4400CW locomotives from the Minturn helper po... (more)

Behind Union Pacific’s Downing B. Jenks Shop is an outdoor yard with “used” locomotive parts. Components such as fuel tanks, cabs, plows, various hood sections—such as this EMD long hood f... (more)

Intermodal speeds across a blanket of fresh ballast as the old Western Railway of Alabama mainline gets some attention.

SP 1006, a beautifully restored SW1, looks sharp this warm, spring afternoon as it takes part in a mini "run one" session. Folks visiting the Southern California Railway Museum were invi... (more)

Southern Pacific 4-6-0 No. 2252

Constructed by Cooke in March, 1897, 4-6-0 No. 2252 is one of the oldest standard gauge Southern Pacific locomotives in existence. Southern Pacific donate... (more)

Fall colors provide a vivid backdrop as pooled SP power leads an eastbound intermodal train on its approach to the west end of Norris Yard.

Four red-nosed GP35s bring a grain train - with lots of home road cars - north on the jointly-operated (with MoPac) river line. They will cross that river in a couple miles on the huge bridge to ... (more)

All trains originating at Southern Pacific’s West Colton Yard depart eastbound, and westbound trains, such as this LA Basin “Hauler,” depart eastbound and use the balloon track to make a 360... (more)

Southern Pacific No.1195 freshly painted in Scarlet And Grey, leads Southern Pacific Articulated cars No. 2473 and 2474 downhill from Sunol during Pete Lerro's Niles Canyon Photo Shoot.

SP 8650 leads a double-stack train along the KCT Railway at the UP (former MP Coffeyville Sub) crossing at Sheffield. The 8650 is a former C&NW SD45 rebuilt as an SD40M-2. It's in the company of a... (more)

Old and weathered Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt box cars are now used for storage on a ranch east of Melrose, New Mexico.

A westbound Southern Pacific freight train treads the long, elevated viaduct approach for MacArthur Bridge over the Mississippi River at East St. Louis, Illinois, in December 1984. Powering the tr... (more)