Ventura County’s Bicentennial 70-tonner #4 (ex-Southwestern Portland Cement 14) at Oxnard, CA on August 3, 1976.

Seaboard Coast Line U36B 1776, the very first Bicentennial diesel, along with two Santa Fe cars (steam generator and display car) and Frisco caboose 1776 (all painted to match), toured from Richmo... (more)

Santa Fe's hot eastbound "Super C" piggyback train pauses in Barstow, CA to set out a troublesome 5698. The consist: SD45-2s 5700 (Bicentennial), 5699, 5698 and 5702 (Bicentennial) and 15 cars.

SSW Bicentennial SD45T-2 9389 approaches the Santa Fe crossing at Colton, CA in December 1977

Bicentennial Caboose

ARRs Bicentennial unit at the north side of the shops. The lettering has already had problems.

Radio Equipped

"WE SUPPORT OUR TROOPS" Desert Storm Yellow Ribbon Unit.

SP 4449, done up in AFT's red, white & blue, leads Atlanta - Washington excursion into Gainesville.

One of three units "Bi-Ci" units on the BN

I remember seeing this unit run on time freight when i was younger. Now its rotting in the elements.

Western Pacific painted two bicentennial units for our nation's 200th birthday. Seen here are both of them, 1776 and 1976, leading an eastbound freight into the Feather River Canyon.

This unit is still operational today as GCFX 3093.

P&S SW9 1866 was originally P&S 232, built 10/53, b/n 18861, now Willamette & Pacific 1201. Kodak 200 print, Canon AE-1, Tokina 35-70mm f3.5