Named for vintage railroad photographer Herb Sullivan, a rancher from Placentia, California, who created iconic photographs of trains on this curve in the 1930s and 1940s, and the curve was later ... (more)

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 at Barstow, California, on October 12, 2019.

Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 4014 and its 23-car passenger train have unloaded their passengers at the Barstow Amtrak station and the train is beginning to move again. As it does, the bit 4-8-8-4 steam ... (more)

Union Pacific “Big Boy” 4014 heads to the railroad’s yard in Yermo, California, on October 12, 2019. The 23-car train is now devoid of passengers, carrying only the crew, having unloaded them in ... (more)

Passing the Barstow, California’s impressive Santa Fe passenger station/Harvey House, named Casa del Desierto, is a Union Pacific 23-car passenger train powered by “Big Boy” 4014. The big ... (more)