Southern Pacific Railroad SD70M 9809 was built by General Motors Locomotive Group in June 1994, one of 25 of these locomotives acquired by the SP. This fleet proved to be a great purchase by the ... (more)

A westbound train of single stacked containers passes the Oregon City Municipal Elevator on Labor Day 1994. The new SDs pulling the train were delivered at the beginning of the summer. Note the pl... (more)

For a brief time in Oregon, locomotives of the mid-20th century and the early 21st century worked side by side. On Labor Day 1994, two brand new SD70Ms cool their heels in the siding at Labish, w... (more)

SP 9809 snakes through the rails at Cable, CA on the UP Mojave sub.

On a balmy January afternoon, a lumber drag heads west on the Shasta Route.

Southern Pacific's Utah Statehood Centennial train winds its way through Price Canyon on January 3, 1996.

Southern Pacific's Utah Statehood Centennial Special stops briefly at Helper during its westward journey from Green River to Salt Lake City.

Southern Pacific's Utah Statehood Centennial Special rolls west through Kyune on its journey along the old Rio Grande mainline from Green River to Salt Lake City.

Southern Pacific's Utah Statehood Centennial Special speeds west through Blue Cut on its journey via the former Rio Grande from Green River to Salt Lake City.

A westbound Southern Pacific freight curves through Sandcut, California, after an arduous crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains on the pleasant spring day of March 8, 1996.

Coupled to the SP 9809 West, Philip Anschutz business cars 'Kansas' and 'Utah' await passage through Grant Tower in Salt Lake City. The equipment had participated in a celebration marking Utah's 1... (more)

On January 4, 1996, Utah celebrated 100 years of statehood. To mark the occasion, the Southern Pacific ran a passenger special along the D&RGW between Green River and Salt Lake City, stopping in t... (more)

UP Eastbound Intermodal Train at Big Sandy, Tx.

SP9809 and SP9804 await a line p in the siding at Summit, Tehachapi, northbound manifest.