Forty-Three Years Ago at SP's West Colton Yard Late in the afternoon, a Southern Pacific freight passes local landmark Slover Mountain as arrives at the railroad's West Colton Yar... (more)

In the warm afternoon glow of a January day (therefore, about 4:45 pm), a Southern Pacific Railroad freight prepares to depart westbound from the City of Industry Yard on the Basin District's Los ... (more)

The crew on this westbound transfer, hauling cars from the Southern Pacific's Colton Yard to the then-still-fairly-new West Colton Yard, look pretty relaxed as they wait for a Santa Fe westbound t... (more)

Intermodal, 1970s Style!

A westbound Southern Pacific intermodal train, full of those "long" 40' containers (two per 89' flat!) has just crossed the Santa Fe's Third District. T... (more)

The city of Fowler, located ten miles south of Fresno in California’s San Joaquin Valley, is a fairly typical agricultural area typical of so many in the Valley. This area has a large number of... (more)

As Southern Pacific C415s 2409 and 2405 are bringing a freight out of Anaheim, they meet SP SW8 1123 and its C-40-3 class cupola caboose some five miles into their trip to City of Industry*. (Bue... (more)

All trains originating at Southern Pacific’s West Colton Yard depart eastbound, and westbound trains, such as this LA Basin “Hauler,” depart eastbound and use the balloon track to make a 360... (more)

A Southern Pacific freight heads west at 140-feet below sea level as it passes through southern California’s “Low Desert,” just 3 or 4 miles from the Salton Sea, and about 40 miles fr... (more)

Oh … So the Flashing Red Lights Mean "Stop"?

As Southern Pacific's Huntington Beach Hauler was heading west (compass north) on the Stanton Branch back to Anaheim, at jus... (more)

An Unexpected Delay

As Southern Pacific's Huntington Beach Hauler was heading west (compass north) on the Stanton Branch back to Anaheim, at just 25 miles per hour, a moro... (more)

As a Southern Pacific West Colton to Taylor "Hauler" (led by SP GP38-2 4800) blocks a Los Angeles County Fire Department engine that is rushing to a call in Code 3 (lights and siren), but all the ... (more)

Seven-year-old Southern Pacific GP38-2 4800 leads a "Hauler" passing through Walnut on its way from West Colton Yard to Los Angeles’ Taylor Yard. Three SP GP38-2s are teamed with an SDP45 and a... (more)

One of Southern Pacific’s "Haulers," short-haul freights that transferred cars between yards, large or small, departed the railroad’s West Colton Yard eastbound, as all departures do... (more)

The sun has yet to rise high enough to clear the San Gorgonio Mountains to the east as a Southern Pacific "Hauler" departs the railroad’s West Colton Yard. This train has the usual SP... (more)

Southern Pacific’s Bicentennial caboose, SP 1776, brings up the rear of a westbound freight at Hiland, the summit of SP’s crossing of Cajon Pass. Built in December 1966, this car was repainte... (more)