When my father had business trips to the Bay area in the 1960s, one of his favorite spots was Pinole, where both the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific skirted San Francisco Bay. Here a GP9 still ... (more)

SP GP9 No. 3611 and an SD45 idle at the west end of the yard, waiting for a light to proceed eastward on the bypass to the engine facility. No. 3611 was the last SP GP9 to wear the classic "B... (more)