Late afternoon in the piñon and mesa landscape of southern New Mexico. The temperature on July 29, 1967, has just slipped below 100 degrees as GSX, the Golden State Express, otherwise known as #9... (more)

Rock Island U25B 202 left its own rails behind 45 miles ago, in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. Now it’s rolling through the piñons on the Southern Pacific just south of Vaughn, hell bent on an early e... (more)

On Sept. 10, 1996, the last day before the SP merged into the UP, an RVASM climbs east through Gilluly with a trio of Rio Grande SD40T-2 helpers cut into the 72 car train.

An colorful group of EMDs pull SP's RODVM through Lakota Junction the morning of Sept. 7, 1996. Leading the 80 car train are a GP60, SD45T-2, SD45R, and two SD40T-2s. The big UP-SP merger is only ... (more)

On a beautiful summer morning at the former Rio Grande Gilluly Horseshoe, SP's Roseville to Alton & Southern manifest grinds upgrade with 72 cars on Aug. 31, 1996. The train still has 700 feet of ... (more)

A pair of brand new GE AC4400CW units lead a 126 car SP Salt Lake City to Denver mixed freight east up the 2% ruling grade to Soldier Summit on July 24, 1995. The Southern Pacific was experimentin... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific manifest accelerates through Lakota Junction on June 18, 1995.

An 84 car Denver to Roper manifest glides west through Spanish Fork Canyon on an overcast January 2, 1995 afternoon.

Dynamic brakes howl as the Denver to Roseville Forwarder descends the 2% grade at Gilluly on July 10, 1993. A second train is moving upgrade while entering scenic Davidson Canyon. Gotta love Soldi... (more)

SP's Roseville to Alton & Southern manifest glides east through the Salt Lake Valley with a colorful mix of power, including a rare Santa Fe B36-7.

An SD45T-2R and SD45 combo lead SP's DVROM through Spanish Fork Canyon on Feb. 13, 1993.

Here is the Union Pacific's 8720 rolling downhill with the MNPRVB just west of the west switch at Pequop, Nevada. Just out of sight around the curve in the background is the CLRSK coal empty in th... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific freight climbs Soldier Summit grade between Colton and Summit, Utah, on the afternoon of September 7, 1995. A colorful locomotive consist of a SP GP60 No. 9724, Rio Gr... (more)

A trio of Rio Grande engines lead an SP SD40R with most of its hood doors open Westbound between the sidings of Princeton and Kobe as it heads toward Tennessee Pass.

With five F7As and only one F7B, SP 6436 East enters the siding to meet a westbound as the brakeman from the westbound is prepared to give a rollby inspection. Holborn is 159 miles west of Ogden.