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Modern SP/Cotton Belt Railroading
High-quality photographs from the "modern" diesel era across the SP-Cotton Belt system. Roughly from the late 1960s to the late 1990s.
Photo Album By: Steve Schmollinger
 
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Photo ID: 437591

An SP eastbound roars through the deep cut where tunnel 6 once was as a westbound Santa Fe pig train recedes in the distance. The photographer is in the midst of a race with an eastbound SP 10,000... (more)

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD45T-2
Location: Cliff, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 6768
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1992


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: May 27, 2013

Views: 2,961
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Photo ID: 437205

SP 8305 East accelerates after crossing the Mokelumne River in Lodi as a pig train out of Portland, OR, waits in the siding at Acampo.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD40T-2
Location: Acampo, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 8305
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1983


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: May 24, 2013

Views: 3,037
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Favorited: 22
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Photo ID: 437188

Workmen prepare to lift the body of SP GP60 No. 9743 off its trucks. The locomotive will then receive a pair of rebuilt trucks in exchange.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP60
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: SP 9743
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1997


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: May 24, 2013

Views: 4,952
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Favorited: 29
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Photo ID: 436931

Eight GP40-2s lead a hot westbound through West Palm Springs with an empty Kaiser ore train in the hole.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD GP40-2
Location: West Palm Springs, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 7670
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April, 1983


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: May 22, 2013

Views: 3,462
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Favorited: 32
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Photo ID: 436818

Alligator No. 5162 works the Eugene hump.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: Alco RSD-15
Location: Eugene, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: SP 5162
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1972


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: May 21, 2013

Views: 6,688
Comments: 1

Favorited: 34


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Photo ID: 435874

SP workmen turn three new tunnel motors for a trip to Bakersfield pulling a manifest.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD40T-2
Location: West Colton, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 8302
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: November, 1974


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: May 13, 2013

Views: 12,160
Comments: 6

Favorited: 78
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Photo ID: 429746

A spotlight of sun shines brightly where it needs to be as Southern Pacific coal train with four AC4400CWs gets recrewed at Minturn, Colorado, on September 5, 1995. SP’s ACs were only a few mont... (more)

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: GE AC4400CW
Location: Minturn, Colorado, USA
Locomotive #: SP 280
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 05, 1995


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Mar 26, 2013

Views: 7,142
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Photo ID: 417546

An Eastbound Southern Pacific freight hits the East switch of Canyon siding below the Mormon Rocks near Sullivan's Curve.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD40T-2
Location: Cajon Pass, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 8512
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October, 1987


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By: John Shine

Added: Dec 12, 2012

Views: 3,352
Comments: 1

Favorited: 24
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Photo ID: 411868

I have a new slide scanner! Now I just need to get some time. This was a conveniently located slide so I thought that I would test it out. A well known location on a very popular subdivision, SP... (more)

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD70M
Location: Caliente, CA, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 9806
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1997


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By: raylewis

Added: Oct 13, 2012

Views: 2,789
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Photo ID: 407990

A Southern Pacific coal train crosses the Utah desert in between Solitude and Floy on the morning of August 4, 1996.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: GE AC4400CW
Location: Solitude, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: SP 352
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 04, 1996


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By: Mike Danneman

Added: Sep 03, 2012

Views: 5,641
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Favorited: 43


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Photo ID: 407657

Big SD45R No. 7424 roars out of the snowsheds at Norden on the point of an eastbound SP manifest.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD45R
Location: Norden, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 7424
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: December, 1982


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: Aug 30, 2012

Views: 4,188
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Favorited: 30
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Photo ID: 405257

One of the best years for colorful fall leaves in Spanish Fork Canyon was in 1994. On Sept. 22nd, saturation is at its peak as Southern Pacific's MNGVC (Minntac, MN - Geneva, UT) ore train glides ... (more)

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Spanish Fork Canyon, Utah, USA
Locomotive #: SP 8115
Train ID: MNGVC
Photo Date: September 22, 1994


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By: James Belmont

Added: Aug 04, 2012

Views: 6,613
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Photo ID: 404819

An eastbound SP stack train tops the grade at Mescal and passes the aging coaling tower there.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: SD40-2M
Location: Mescal, Arizona, USA
Locomotive #: SP 8614
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January, 1995


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: Jul 30, 2012

Views: 5,314
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Favorited: 44
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Photo ID: 404249

An SP eastbound roars through Ordway on the west side of Beaumont Hill.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: GE U33C
Location: Ordway, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 8693
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October, 1977


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: Jul 23, 2012

Views: 3,589
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Photo ID: 402356

On a hot summer day in 1974, an SP westbound descends the steep grade between Bealville and Caliente.

Railroad: Southern Pacific Railroad
Locomotive: EMD SD39
Location: Caliente, California, USA
Locomotive #: SP 5318
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June, 1974


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By: Steve Schmollinger

Added: Jul 02, 2012

Views: 4,078
Comments: 2

Favorited: 29
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