Southern Pacific GP9 3194 pokes its bright red nose out of the shadows of the platforms and into the sunshine after arriving at San Jose with a midday commuter local from San Francisco.

A Roger Puta Photograph

One of my best diesel shots from the GGRM's final public weekend of excursions in Niles Canyon, this one taken at the beginning on Labor Day morning. Just the same as the first day, Fairbanks Mors... (more)

SP 3194 leads the train long hood forward as it arrives into Niles

SP 3194 smokes it up as it runs light out of Niles heading for Brightside

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SP 3194 pauses under a tell tale as it waits for SP 2472 to get further up the line on the Niles Canyon Railway

You sure this is 2013??? SP 3194 waits at Farwell for 2472 to complete a photo runby before proceeding to Sunol, in a scene one could easily mistake for the late 80s

Southern Pacific GP9 #3194 gets switched at Brightside Yard at the Niles Canyon Railway.

Southern Pacific #3194, a red and silver EMD GP9, made her inagural run during Spring Steam Weekend 2013! Here, she runs solo through the crossing at Brightside Yard chasing after the excursion tr... (more)

SP 3194 runs light at Farwell in what looks like a scene from the 90's.

The Golden Gate RR Museum's #3194 eases onto the connection to the Niles Canyon Railway from the UP at Hearst after an all night move from the museums old home in San Francisco

Former SP commute geep 3194 at Golden Gate Railroad Museum in 2000.

Westbound train number 53 at Hillsdale sometime around 1981. 3194 has been preserved by the Golden Gate Railroad Museum in San Francisco. Notice that second car has experimental early Caltrain sch... (more)

Nose on shot of the former SP peninsula commute locomotive.