As the Amtrak Pacific Railroad Society Mountain Outin Special heads westbound out of Mojave towards the Tehachapi Pass, we met many eastbound trains, including SP 9368. Every vestibule door was op... (more)

SP 9255 has been stopped on the eastbound main for quite a while waiting for a helper set, led by SP 9321 to return from Banning after helping an earlier eastbound over the pass.

The hills on Tehachapi are very dry as SP 6817 roars uphill in run 8 at Woodford. Soon the train will be crawling around the famous Tehachapi Loop.

A very dirty SP 9255 grinds up hill through San Timoteo Canyon as it heads east towards the summit of Banning Pass.

About ten miles out of Alturas, an eastbound train on the Modoc Line rolls at track speed. When the train reaches Likely, the climb to Sage Hen summit will begin.

Espee was no stranger to the Kansas City area, using ATSF and UP tracks east of KC and former Rock Island and MoPac tracks toward Tucumcari and Pueblo, respectively. The signal bridge says "S... (more)

A proud pup and his tunnel motors.

Night falls on the open prarie in far northern Kansas as a trio of Southern Pacific tunnel motors drag an enormous train over the former Rock Island mainline to Colorado.

Power off the EURBL has cut off its train and is parked in front of the depot at Roseburg. During the late 80s/early 90s, Southern Pacific routinely ran a Eugene-Roseburg train down the Siskiyou ... (more)

Sunset fades away over desolate northern Kansas as a Kyle westbound wanders across the prarie with a long train for Limon, Colorado in tow. The classic Southern Pacific tunnel motors are reflecte... (more)

With an unbelievable lashup of three Southern Pacific tunnel motors, a Kyle Railroad westbound rounds the curve at Almena, KS as storm clouds loom over the prarie behind the train.

The MRF catches some afternoon sun through a hole in the trees just south of Iron Junction.

Two Bessemer tunnel motors lead the MRF by the searchlights at Fayal.

A former SP tunnel motor makes a reverse move towards the small yard, where it'll tie down for the day.

A westbound Siskiyou Line train splits the semaphores near MP 600. When SP was remanufacturing its SD45T-2s, their final set up occurred in Eugene. They wouild make a trip or two down the Siskiyo... (more)