SSW 9632 in the hole waiting for a eastbound to clear.

Gone but not forgotten...

An extremely rare un-patched Cotton Belt unit leads the "Day Bud," aka LOF41 in switching GEMCO Yard. It was built a GP40 in August of 1971 as Western Pacific #3533. After the UP merger, it became... (more)

The Sunset Railway was, at this time, operated jointly by the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific, heading south and west out of Bakersfield at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. On March 6, 1... (more)

Having changed crews in Tucumcari and having a good set of power. The train should make the three hundred mile trip to El Paso with out going on the law.

It's Christmas Eve 2009 and Santa came early this year to provide a couple of nice Christmas presents: several inches of snow and a Cotton Belt unit leading a train. Catching SP/SSW units are gett... (more)

Upon reaching the summit of Cajon Pass, at Highland (on SP's Palmdale Cutoff), this westbound SP train had to stop and line the switch to enter the siding for a meet. Cotton Belt SD45 8980 and th... (more)

An interesting mix of motive power leads a Rio Grande westbound through the Utah desert.

Portrait of a failed experiment. Running with borrowed BN Locotrol equipped SD-40-2s and SP mid train units controlled through a BN Locotrol receiver car trains were something to see for a few we... (more)

Westbound train with a great typical SP paint job.

A westbound helper set is scurrying into the siding and the mountains with their snowy mantles idly gaze down. I think these may be Mts. Keller & San Antonio.

This may meet the "Special Scheme" category. I was wondering if anyone knows which posting meets the most categories. How about a contest?