A half dozen SD units lift a southbound freight out of the Blue River Valley on the highline route built in 1928.

On loan from the Mid Continent Railway Museum, Ten Wheeler #1385 leads a special west across the CNW mainline in Iowa.

After westbound train 17 arrived at Grand Junction, the trainset was turned to become the next day's train 18. Available light plus fill flash from Tom B., Dave B., Neal P. and others caught a ni... (more)

After westbound train 17 arrived at Grand Junction, the trainset was turned to become the next day's train 18. Available light plus fill flash from Tom B., Dave B., Neal P. and others caught a ni... (more)

The St. Louis Union Station Midway, between the waiting room and the trains, looks neglected less than two months before the station would see its last intercity passenger train.

The westbound road train from Belleville, KS passes the former Rock Island depot enroute to Goodland, KS.

The Kyle Railroad has replaced the Cadillac & Lake City as the operator of the former Rock Island across Kansas, bringing former SP&S #320 for motive power.

Brandon Rail was created in 1981 to serve industries on the former Rock Island line between Manhattan, KS and Clifton, KS. The operation lasted less than a year and the line was later abandoned.

After changing crews in Jefferson City, a westbound approaches signals to crossover at River Jct.

After arriving in Fulton, MO, the local's crew has brought the locomotive to the rear of its train to shove cars into the nearby Harrison-Walker refractory.

The local from Mexico, MO switches the yard and industries in Fulton, MO.

DRGW 491 (Baldwin 2-8-2) runs freight around the grounds of the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado.

Old meets New. Morning storm clouds oversee the California Zephyr meeting a BNSF officer's train in Keensburg, Colorado, passing the 1952 business car 'Gerald Grinstein'.

I'm guessing this was taken in Washington along the SP&S and before the 1970 BN merger that saw the SP&S become a fallen flag. This is in the collection of photos I have inherited and is one of t... (more)

Not all Texas is flat! SP's #MFLAT transverses scenic Sanderson Canyon near Feodora, on the Del Rio Subdivision. This is what I call Southern Pacific in the 1980s! Photo by Reid McNaught and from ... (more)