Siskiyou Line SDs lay over at the Medford depot on a Saturday afternoon.

Forest fire smoke dominates the high desert as an eastbound Modoc Line train rolls along US 395 near Termo. Both the road power and helper can be seen as this lumber drag curves through the sagebr... (more)

The Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern operated a handful of LTEX tunnel motors for a while in 2021, including the 9282 still wearing the paint scheme of its original owner, Southern Pacific. The venera... (more)

Shot from the lower portion of Swarthout Canyon Rd. Cajon Pass, SP 9218 leads a coal train east, on the Palmdale/Colton Cutoff, Fall 1991

A Full-Size "Model Railroad." How many of us had a 4 x 8 HO train layout in the basement when we were younger? Mine looked a lot like this - a mix of old and new railroad equi... (more)

Three southbound Southern Pacific trains sit in the SP yard at Mojave, California, on March 3, 1994. Both freight trains on the left are led by SP EMD SD45T-2s, while the oil cans in the distance ... (more)

After Southern Pacific mothballed Siskiyou Summit, traffic off the Siskiyou Line had to go north to Eugene to go south into California. A westbound train with rerouted traffic from the Rogue Vall... (more)

Bad order locomotive will eventually get sold and moved off the property a year later after this photo.

With former SP tunnel motor GEXR 3054 on the point, Buffalo & Pittsburgh's X-COAL passes by the old tower at Ashford Junction in Ashford, New York. This concrete interlocking tower was once the ju... (more)

Climbing the two-percent ramp out Leyden, Colorado, under stormy skies is Union Pacific’s westbound MDVRO manifest freight on the afternoon of October 29, 1999. Six locomotives power the train, ... (more)

A trio of Bessemer SD's leads the southbound ore train through Verona, PA, nearing the end of their journey at North Bessemer Yard.

SP 9345 and SP 9282 sit next to BN 3427, BN 3433 and Weyerhaeuser Wood RR 306 at the Larry's Truck and Electric facility in Lordstown, Ohio. The variety of locomotive models and railroads is amaz... (more)

An intermodal train bound for Los Angeles rolls through Northern California on the Shasta Route. Today, you can see lots of trailers here anytime - a massive Wal-Mart distribution center was built... (more)

2 years ago today on New Year's Eve 2019, GEXR SD45T-2 number 3054 sports its orginal SP paint as it leads train SIRI past the B&O CPL at Mt Jewett, PA. The 3054 was active on the B&P until mid 20... (more)