San Joaquin Starlights Calls On Bakersfield. More than 380,000 people live in the Central Valley community of Bakersfield, California...and it's no stretch to say almost every one of those ... (more)
A rather old and weathered looking SP 6817 leads an eastbound manifest train out of Bakersfield as it passes under the classic SP signal near Sandcut. Soon, the SP 6817 will be in run 8 as the tr... (more)
SP 9072 west has stopped for a red signal at Sandcut in order to let the Santa Fe 5351, which is pulling the hot 199 intermodal train, to run around it.
It's the day before Thanksgiving as an early morning sun rises over the Bakersfield yard, which has SP, Conrail, HLCX and Rio Grande locomotives. With the SP being power hungry, just about any po... (more)