From 1902 until 1968, the Southern Pacific and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific combined to operate the Golden State Limited. Connecting Chicago with Los Angeles, this train’s route was, for... (more)

"May Gray" has changed into "June Gloom" (low-altitude stratus clouds which form over the cool water of the Pacific Ocean’s California Current, and spread overnight into the co... (more)

Grinding up and over the Tehachapi Mountains, a Southern Pacific eastbound is pulled by SP B30-7 7803, teamed with a Cotton Belt GP20 and an SP GP35. (Keene, California – September 4, 1978)

Heading eastbound through Glendale on a crisp winter afternoon is a Southern Pacific freight, headed from the Pacific Northwest to Los Angeles’ Taylor Yard. The train is powered by a six-axle qua... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific iron ore train heads east under Interstate 15 and past the vineyards of Ontario in the late 70s. SP SD39 5316 is teamed with a pair of SP U33Cs to pull this 60 (or s... (more)

Southern Pacific's Marlboro Local was down to just one car as it headed east down Anaheim’s Santa Ana Street on a gloomy April day. But, this job's day is just beginning, and there will be cars l... (more)

Bringing up the markers on an eastbound Southern Pacific hauler, heading from Los Angeles' Taylor Yard to West Colton Yard, is C-40-1 caboose 1020. This caboose was built at the SP's Los Angeles ... (more)

A Southern Pacific local, heading east on Santa Ana Street in Anaheim, California, has come to an abrupt stop as it went into "emergency." The unscheduled stop will not take long before... (more)

Southern Pacific GP40-2 7614 leads a freight train passing through San Luis Obispo, on California’s scenic Central Coast. The power for this train includes, besides the GP40-2, SD45s and Tunnel M... (more)

Southern Pacific SD40T-2 8300 leads an eastbound freight past the depot in Tehachapi, California – at milepost 360.5, just 1.9 miles from the summit of the SP’s crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains... (more)

The hills in the Tehachapi Mountains are a golden brown as a Southern Pacific freight rounds the horseshoe curve at Caliente on July 31, 1982. A quartet of SD40T-2 diesels, led by SP 8360, is pro... (more)

A Southern Pacific train enters the railroad’s West Colton Yard after traversing Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Cutoff. This eastbound train is led by a pair of Union Pacific SD40-2s (3213 and 3235),... (more)

The old Southern Pacific station of Surf is aptly named, as it lies right on the beach in Santa Barbara County, within Vandenberg Air Force Base. There is also an unstaffed Amtrak Station. Being... (more)

A four-unit set of Southern Pacific U30Cs (7931, 7915, 7911 and 7905) is in charge of an eastbound freight on December 26, 1972. This train is headed for the railroad's West Colton Yard, and is g... (more)

The 110th Snowiest City in the United States

Bringing up the rear of a Southern Pacific freight as it crosses Donner Pass on M... (more)