Northwestern Pacific 4327 (SD9) catches the last rays of a golden sunset while sitting on a siding at the old sugar mill in Longmont, Colorado.

After a morning run up from Schellville, NWP 2009 sits in Petaluma after switching duties in town.

NWP 2009 heads South at Petaluma with a train of hoppers after switching a customer north of town.

Originally built for Southern Pacific in January of 1955, this old warhorse was later operated by OMLX and was rehabilitated for Northwestern Pacific Railroad in June of 1996 by Omnitrax Equipment... (more)

The track maintenance crew works to clear snow and ice from a switch by the old Longmont sugar mill as Northwestern Pacific Railroad 4327 (a SD-9 built 59 years ago) waits for action.

Three SD9s haul a southbound manifest.

Waxed and polished GP9 No. 3844 leads the southbound Northwestern Pacific Daylight off Ridge Hill.

The polished carbodies of the three EMDs on the point of the Daylight shine in the afternoon sun as they pass through acres and acres of grape vineyards.

Crew prepare to swap trains at Geyserville and then return to their home terminals of Willits and Schellville.

NWP 1922 moves a cut of grain hoppers to a local feed mill.

The brakeman on NWP's northbound Train 4 has assisted with unloading freight (including a wringer washing machine) from the rear compartment of SP Budd RDC car and is about to swing aboard to cont... (more)

NWP #2009 and #1922 idles the rail train (continuous welded rail) while the next section of rail is prepared for off-loading on the other side of a grade crossing just ahead. Seen on the ground i... (more)

Southbound NWP #2009 and #1922 with caboose (ex-SP #1971) return to Petaluma after delivering concrete ties to Rohnert Park for the SMART (Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit) rail re-construction proj... (more)

The young railfan seen here got his money's worth when this Northwestern Pacific train rolled into Petaluma. Behind the locomotives (genset #2009 and GP-9 #1922) were nine grain hoppers, six bulk... (more)

NWP 2009 (formerly leased RPRX 2009) leads a trio of empty grain hoppers to Lombard for interchange with CFNR.