At 69 years old, SP 1518 still earns its keep at the Illinois Railway Museum, being used occasionally on their mainline trains. On August 16th, 1518 was put to work on the coach train, following a... (more)

Gloriously unrebuilt and fully equipped with that remarkable “ashcan” light this beauty idles in the sun. There must be a story behind that paint job.

A pair of former SP units, one still in Kodachrome paint, are awaiting their next move at the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.

A trio of brand new Southern Pacific GEs is at the BRC's service track awaiting preparation for their first revenue move. Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.

Southern Pacific AC44CW #254 easing a westbound loaded coal train past two other sets of power at the top of Cima Hill.

Along a foggy San Pablo Bay, an eastbound Southern Pacific unit steel coil train curves through Pinole, California, led by “Kodachrome” EMD SD40R No. 7303 on March 2, 1987.

While on a public relations tour, SP 4449 - relettered for both Willamette & Pacific and Portland & Western - pulls a freight train for WPRR.

Steam Special led by SP 4449, seen here passing the Naperville suburban Metra Station on its way towards downtown Chicago, makes an extremely rare visit to the Chicagoland area on its way to the S... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific iron ore train heads east under Interstate 15 and past the vineyards of Ontario in the late 70s. SP SD39 5316 is teamed with a pair of SP U33Cs to pull this 60 (or s... (more)

Coal heading downgrade through the Flatirons. This train will make it to Clay before stopping to let the westbound California Zephyr pass.

A pair of Southern Pacific SD40T-2s shove hard on the rear of an eastbound UP manifest climbing toward Donner summit at Soda Springs, CA. Both units were appropriately filthy. SP 8232 is a late &... (more)

Included in this July 2000 view is a who's who of classic western motive power from Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and Western Pacific. Shortly after this photo was taken WP 707 was repainted in... (more)

Restored 1921-built Southern Pacific 4-6-2 P-8 2472 skirts the Pacific Ocean as pulls a passenger excursion, the Pacific Shore Limited, utilizing Rio Grande Ski Train coaches and a former P... (more)

After a long trip across Canada on The Canadian, our first stop back in the US was at Edmonds, WA on BNSF's Scenic Subdivision. As soon as we arrived we were greeted by a crowd of people l... (more)