SP&S Alco FA2's 862 and 868 ride the turntable at the NP Parkwater Shops in Spokane, WA in April 1968.
SP&S FA2 862 has just received a signal at Marshall Tower, just west of Spokane, to proceed westward on the NP track to the connection with the SP&S track at Scribner, WA.
The 2002 eastbound Montana by Steam excursion, shown here a few miles east of Garrison, MT, is on leg 2 (Missoula-Bozeman) of a three day trip across western Montana. Former SP&S 700 and MRL F45 ... (more)
Firemen working the SP&S 700 Holiday Express.
SP&S 700 glows on this cold winter night all lit up for the Night run of the ORHF Holiday Express.
SP&S 700 all decked out in Holiday Cheer, departs Oaks Park on the 1st run of the 2009 ORHF Holiday Train. 700 has the Holiday Train duties this weekend for the 4, 5 and 6th and SP4449 will be tak... (more)
The old SP&S grade has been turned into a biking and hiking path from Pasco to Spokane. Although it was a well engineered (grade and curve wise) line, the cuts were narrow and prone to rock slide... (more)
Where once there were two, now there are none: Last light on an autumn evening washes across the abandoned SP&S bridge in Washtucna, Washington and the small patch of crops planted below i... (more)
The SP&S 700 arriving at the BNSF Christmas party
Old and new: SP&S 700 is coupled to BNSF 7632 for a BNSF holiday party.
Holiday train arrives at Union Station.
Camera: Tachihara 4x5 Lens: 90mm f/8 Super Angulon Film: T400CN Exposure: 70 seconds @ f/22
Ready to leave Portland for Seattle, it is one of the daily trains run by the UP, SP&S, and NP in the last months before Amtrak fell upon us.
Three locomotives, three stories to tell.
And steam off!!! Under overcast skies, SP&S 700 with Daylight SP 4449 starting off the day as #2 depart Portland on the beginning leg of their doubleheader excursion. We are RR eastbound passing u... (more)