The cab and front truck of DD35A 80 make for an impressive sight at UP's Portland Shops in August 1972.

In October 1995, late in the afternoon on Donner Pass, two big GEs hold back tonnage as they come down the mountain with a manifest in tow. If you look carefully, you can see where the downhill ma... (more)

Close-up of the connecting hose between tank cars on SP's unit oil train, run between Saco and Dolores, CA. The shipper would fill interconnected sets of cars at the same time, with the crude pass... (more)

GP40 2060 and FP45 2 lead a westbound down a street in Renton, Washington, on their way to Tacoma.

A variety of locomotives, including many Alcos, get needed attention at the Vancouver Shops.

Two Milwaukee Road time freights meet in front of the yard office in Avery. Train 261 is about to cut off its Little Joe helper after crossing St. Paul Pass, while a 264 waits to depart eastward.

Little Joe E79 helps 3010 East out of Avery.

As was standard policy on the Milwaukee, a speeder follows a westbound freight into Avery to watch for errant sparks that might start a fire.

In what appears to be a power move, F45 No. 5936 leads an eastbound manifest through the sweeping curve at Martinez on the eastern slope of Cajon Pass.

Santa Fe "Alligator" 9834 idles in the Barstow engine facility at night as busy workmen pass in small vehicles.

As one man surveys the damage, another man, this one with a hard hat, walks over to join him. The wreck occurred early in the morning when a rail turned over and put several UPS and other trailers... (more)

As seen from the front, SP GS4 4-8-4 No. 4449 languishes in Oaks Park. Not many years hence she'll return to the rails at the head of the American Freedom Train.

A warning sign hangs below a noteworthy plaque placed on the 4014 by Pomona, CA. The photographer may have seen this plaque when he visited the place where UP 4014 was displayed in Pomona back in ... (more)

BNSF 5642 East, an 18,000-ton coal train, drops down the hill at Bellevue.

A seven-uint EMD helper assists in lifting 10,000 tons of crude oil up the stiff and increasing grade at Caliente.