Southern Pacific, SP 6819 E/B 1EUCHQ (First Eugene/Chicago Quality Merchandise which means finished lumber) at Kobe, CO with EMD 750 and an SP GE on April 17, 1997. Kobe was the location that most... (more)

Union Pacific, manned rear helpers SP 295 & 311 shoving on the rear of a coal train at Mitchell, Colorado on April 18, 1997. This train was SP 357 with another AC on the headend and 4 manned mid t... (more)

North Daylight station stop at San Luis Obisbo

Super Continental arrives Vancouver BC

Daylights meet at San Luis Obispo

Union Pacific E/B Auto train XTY led by SP 9611, 8683 & 7466 exiting the Pando Tunnel, near Pando, CO on April 19, 1997. We followed this train from Pando to Canon City, CO.

Steam Across Montana 10/10?/2004 at Bearmouth, Montana.

Back to back A units are in charge of SP train 99, the Coast Daylight, at Glendale California in 1958. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.

mid train helpers shove past Reno station Some more 70s photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/

Commuter Line-up at Cahill St. Station Some more 70s photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/

Electro-Motive Division Tunnel Motor diesels solved a tricky problem: Locomotives operate in all climates, from scorching desert heat to frigid Canadian winters. An ample supply of fresh air is al... (more)

Southern Pacific train 129 departs San Francisco. Some more 70s photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/

Southern Pacific train 131 departs San Francisco. My 70's photos https://www.railpictures.net/album/8659/

In 1929, the official Southern Pacific "Sunset" logo, some ten feet in diameter and made entirely out of leaded glass, was placed high up on the westerly end of the big train shed, overl... (more)

Southern Pacific Railroad owned and operated eleven classes of cab forward steam locomotives. Their AC-12 class of simple articulated 4-8-8-2 cab forward steam locomotives was the last class of s... (more)