As if posed together on purpose, a Saint Louis & Southwestern (SSW) boxcar and ex-SSW 9674, now UP 1011, rest in the yard at Oxnard together a few days before the Thanksgiving holiday.

A long 1st Watson switcher heads up the Harbor Sub with a trio of ex-Santa Fe GP60s.

Patiently waiting its next call to duty, UP 1011 (ex-SSW 9674) bathes in the afternoon light across from the Oxnard yard office. With the dwindling number of patched units roaming the Union Pacifi... (more)

Engineer Monroe peers down of his unit for the return trip, UP 1136. In a very dense fog, the LSB54 had just returned to Villa Grove with 55 cars after a long day of work at Shelbyville and multip... (more)

NS P92 runs light power back to Spencer yard after wyeing it's power on the S-Line wye and after previously working local customers on the "N" Line towards Granite Quarry.

The Sunday Day Bud Switcher departs Aurant westbound with a long train bound for Gemco Yard in Van Nuys and an assortment of ex-SSW and SP geeps for power.

LOF41 switches cars at Aurant Yard with 4 geeps for power.

The "4th Watson" comes off the PHL at West Thenard with some cars from Shell Oil bound for Watson Yard.

A very short Newport local rolls south in a rare Fall snowstorm in central Arkansas.

Because the mainline was flooded at Oregon City, Southern Pacific's hot LABRF detours on Willamette & Pacific. The train is nearing Ashahr siding on the outskirts of Corvallis.

Patched SSW #1011 at UP's Kaiser Yard.

CSX Local A714 is seen here working the Koch Farms Feed Plant at what CSX calls "Bama Junction" in Talladega, AL. This days lead Locomotive is one of CSX's rare GP60's, this one being the 6898

CSX Local A714 shoves their Train back at what CSX calls "Bama Junction" where they can work the Koch Farms Feed Plant & Precision Strip Steel Mill in Talladega, AL. This days lead Locomotive is o... (more)

Prior to beginning their day switching the yard in Guadalupe, UP 1011 and 1499 catch the morning light as they rest on the house track. The ironic part in 1011's presence here is that it was selec... (more)

For awhile the UP had the 3 Rio Grande GP60's running together on the Denver to Pueblo trains over the Joint Line. Here the trio make their way south towards Pueblo somewhere north of Palmer Lake.... (more)