Southern Pacific's 3197 is one of three GP40P-2s on the roster, but the only one in Bicentennial paint. All three were assigned to San Francisco - San Jose commuter service. To see this engine a... (more)

American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 on display at Anaheim Stadium in Anaheim, CA. The line to enter the train wound all the way around the stadium - which was repeated in 2002 when the Angels final... (more)

One of three SP Bicentennial diesels...

D&H 17 heading west for re-built

Hmmmmm, Wonder where Union Pacific got that Idea for the flag on the side of their Locomotives????

Bicentennial California Western RS12 55 nears the end of its journey as it approaches Willits, CA, the eastern terminus of the line (and its connection with the Northwestern Pacific) on July 5, 19... (more)

California Western RS12 55 (ex-McCloud River 32) displays its patriotic colors on the day after the Bicentennial as it prepares to depart Fort Bragg, CA, with the eastbound Super Skunk.

Southern Pacific owned sixty-eight U25B locomotives, and by the mid-1970s some of them were beginning to show up in deadlines. SP had been rebuilding many of their older locomotives, such as GP9s... (more)

SP's passenger Bicentennial unit; 3203 accelerates its train at left

Southern Pacific GP40P-2 3197, resplendent in its Bicentennial colors (the second of three SP units so painted), rushes weary commuters home as it heads from San Francisco to San Jose on August 28... (more)

Look carefully under the headlight, and you can see the old EL logo. I believe this engine still has its original EL number.

American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 (ex-SP GS-4 4449) arrives at its display stop at Anaheim Stadium in (of course) Anaheim, CA early in the morning on January 9, 1976.

American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 (ex-SP GS-4 4449) arrives at its display stop at Anaheim Stadium in (of course) Anaheim, CA early in the morning on January 9, 1976.

American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 (ex-SP GS-4 4449) passes through Camarillo, CA on New Year's Eve, 1975 on the way to the next display location — Santa Barbara. This is a companion to photo 1... (more)

American Freedom Train 4-8-4 4449 (ex-SP GS-4 4449) sits on display at the Los Angeles County Fairgrounds in Pomona, CA on the evening of December 28, 1975. (The pulsating red line in the backgro... (more)