Southern Pacific U33C 8707, built in late 1971 by General Electric, sits in the railroad's West Colton Yard. This order, SP 8688 through 8727 (as well as the following order, 8728 through 8737), ... (more)
SP's brand new GE B39-8 units 8028,29,30 and 31 are in charge of the LANTA (Los Angeles-North Texas Autos) leaving Tucson passing under a classic cantilever signal tower just east of Tucson yard.
SP 6312, UP 2509 and SP merger unit 7672 at the Tucson yard.
SP commuter power sits around the turntable at Bayshore Roundhouse in Brisbane California circa 1970. H24-66s 3028, 3032, and 3024 each have different styles of numberboard on their long hood. R... (more)
Cotton Belt tunnel motor 9263 leads a Houston-West Colton manifest into Tucson on a stormy summer afternoon. Today's consist includes GP20 4149.
Brand new SP 8004, 8005, 8006 & 8007 lead the hot Sealand double stack to Chicago as it comes into Tucson for a crew change.
Not all Texas is flat! SP's #MFLAT transverses scenic Sanderson Canyon near Feodora, on the Del Rio Subdivision. This is what I call Southern Pacific in the 1980s! Photo by Reid McNaught and from ... (more)
“Madame Queen” the diesel-devotees called her - or the “Queen Mary,” she was SF-1, under her original EMD (General Motors) serial number 744 of December 1937. She was 1800 horsepower, and ... (more)
Southern Pacific train No. 52, the southbound "San Joaquin Daylight," running south of Caliente in the Tehachapi Mountains of Southern California in January 1960. Photo by Southern Pacif... (more)
4449 prepares to run around their train on the wye at Bend before proceeding back to Portland.
SP 4449 heads alongside the Deschutes River on a hot June afternoon on the OT Sub.
Winding down the Oregon Trunk Sub, the 4449 leads an excursion train at Box Elder Canyon.
The major difference in appearance between Southern Pacific's GS-3 and GS-4 Northern-type steam locomotives was the front end. The former had a single headlight on the conical-shaped, silver-pain... (more)
4449 heads through the Columbia River Gorge on an excursion bound for Bend.
New SP GP40P-2 3197 leads bi-levels on commuter train #112 near San Francisco, CA in 1976. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.