My favorite FP7 in the lead on the westbound Amtrak "San Francisco Zephyr" must be the result of some failure, mishap, or whatever.

Though this was not my favorite paint scheme, it was and still is my favorite film, and hey, I celebrated any time any SP unit got paint in the latter days. Photographer unknown (great job BTW). ... (more)

A fresh painted UP 6486 leads eastbound stacks at Fingal on a very windy morning in the low desert.

UP 2560 leads a 5 unit westbound Z down San Timoteo Canyon.

A crummy UP leads a trio of pool units on a westbound Z at El Casco.

UP 7261 in new paint leads a westbound ZG4CI just west of El Casco.

I hesitated uploading a long hood shot but this is a good study of a classic unit from the business end. I loved SP's wonderful variety.

A westbound manifest heads downgrade at El Casco in San Timoteo Canyon.

A Swift RoadRailer train rolls southward through the Sacramento River Canyon.

The only train of the week on this section of the Modoc Line passes the Northwest Intertie near Perez, California.

A Los Angeles transfer job pulls power and and containers from LATC and onto the River Sub.

As a kid I remember seeing this modern fueling and sanding complex at SP's Roseville Yard in Trains Magazine. It was amazing to finally see it in person, looking more like a launching pad complex ... (more)

A quintet of UP GP38-2s lead by UP 2049 idle the night away at the Argo Yard engine facility in Seattle in the company of a couple NW2s and a few cabooses. In the mid 1970s the slogan "Depend... (more)

Three years after Southern Pacific was acquired by Union Pacific, a westbound manifest rolls down the Shasta Route.

UP 8522 in new paint leads an eastbound just east of Ordway as it works up Beaumont Hill.