Santa Maria Valley's GP9 awaits its next assignment. (Photo taken with permission and under supervision of railroad personnel.)
A short Saturday train heads towards a rural crossing on the beautiful Central Coast of California.
After dropping some tractors off at the team track, the Santa Maria Valley Saturday Town Job pulls a string of hoppers that it will putting on a storage track for when needed again. The little 70 ... (more)
With some Deere on the head end, Santa Maria Valley's Town Job heads toward Betteravia with its 70-tonner #80 doing the honors. The flat with tractors will be parked at the team track in Betteravi... (more)
Former SP power sits unassigned
Waiting for the northbound coast starlight.
SMVRR 80 sits with a line of hoppers.
All silent in Guadalupe yard
Working their interchange with SP these units were uncommon in those days and extremely scarce today. Man, it's flat here!.
Guadalupe Turn power makes its train in the yard.
Lompoc Local power basks in Guadalupe.
The Guadalupe turn departs the yard.
The Northbound starlight splits the fields of the Santa Maria Valley
Local power