A member of SP's weekend commute fleet heads compass south through Bayshore, CA, on its way to San Jose.

Near sunset on a beautiful summer evening, an SP Baldwin S12 switches cars.

At dusk, Rio Grande GP40-2 No. 3090 idles in the company of other EMDs. Here she'll be fueled and sanded.

A DD35A, GP9B, and Centennial sit outside UP's Portland Shops.

Not long before sundown, an eastbound stack train makes its way along the southern end of the Palisades.

The Oil Cans roar through the east end of Rowan with an all-EMD helper adding its power to the train.

A visitor sticks his finger into a hole in a crank to show a companion some excess grease.

SP 5316 East blasts out of tunnel 9 onto the Loop as it battles the tortuous grade. Although SP had only 26 SD39s, they were a main player on Tehachapi and Cajon in the late 60s and throughout the... (more)

Milwaukee Road 6002 West has just cut off its helper at the top of Tacoma Hill and is now accelerating toward Portland, Oregon.

A rare silver-trucked SP SD45R crosses the ATSF at Stockton Tower.

After picking up a pair of tunnel motors at Castilla for a rear helper, a Rio Grande 144 train accelerates up the western slope of the Soldier Summit grade.

A quartet of U36Cs brings a westbound past the signal bridge at Bena, as an SP helper set awaits its next assignment. Within six months, the signal bridge will be completely destroyed by a flood t... (more)

Milw Road 2060 West rocks back and forth as it speeds down the right of way after departing Black River Junction.

Three trains meet at Santa Fe Junction.

SP's fleet of FM Trainmasters, their go-to locomotives for the Peninsula commute, are parked at San Jose for the weekend. Come Monday morning, they'll be back hard at work between here and San Fra... (more)