Union Pacific GP35 743 awaits its next call-to-duty on a local out of Colton. The Geep was built in May 1964 by General Motors Electro-Motive Division. (Colton, California – July 20, 1975)

A clean UP 7084 leads eastbound freight MWCNP through Hesperia.

Climbing up and over southern California's Beaumont Hill, the Union Pacific's Yuma Sub features a number of S-curves, particularly on the west side. An extremely wet winter has left San Timoteo C... (more)

Forty-Three Years Ago at SP's West Colton Yard Late in the afternoon, a Southern Pacific freight passes local landmark Slover Mountain as arrives at the railroad's West Colton Yar... (more)

UP 8865 drops downgrade through Bealville under dodgy light and shadows.

Forty Years Ago at UP's East Yard

For as long as I can remember (which, for the record, is back to about 1968 in regard to the Union Pacific Railroad), the UP has been the... (more)

Brand new UP 6902 leads a westbound Z between Fingal and Cabazon.

UP's West Colton to Tucson manifest emerges from a fog bank at Hinda.

UP 3075 in helper service at Beaumont.

UP 9085 thunders upgrade on the approach to the Tehachapi Loop.

UP 8587 descends aroung the horseshoe curve at Caliente, near the bottom of Tehachapi Pass.

The city lights of Bakersfield silhouette the cut at Sandcut as the EOT of a Northbound UP train rounds the last curve of the Tehachapi Pass, before reaching Bakersfield.

A pair of year old Southern Pacific AC4400WCs leads a westbound freight downgrade around Tehachapi Loop. The cleanliness of the GEs and a lack of graffiti on the freight cars dates this photo.

Tonnage bound for California's Imperial Valley conforms to the many curves on the western slope of Beaumont Hill as it seeks to achieve the summit.

UP Rio Grande Heritage unit #1989 leads the Long Beach to Denver Z at Blue Cut.