SP, Southern Pacific 9308-UP 9351 with a westbound at Soldier Summit, Utah. April 19, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Bound for the 1992 NRHS Convention in San Jose, SP 4449 and the Daylight excursion train hits the east switch at Mt. Shasta. The GP60s had assisted the train over the Oregon Cascades the previous ... (more)

With a storm brewing over the Trinity Alps, a pair of ex-Southern Pacific SD70Ms depart Black Butte with a manifest, heading for Oregon.

SP 4449 has arrived in Wenatchee, WA with the American Freedom Train in early November 1975. The engine has been placed at the locomotive facilities for fuel/water before continuing west over Stev... (more)

New SP GP40P-2 3197 leads bi-levels on commuter train #112 near San Francisco, CA in 1976. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo.

SP GP9s 3700 and 3742 lead a local underneath the Tunnel Avenue bridge in Brisbane, CA on the Bayshore Cutoff near San Francisco in August 1973. If I'm not mistaken, the truck passing over the br... (more)

Improvised helpers on the Hill As a Southern Pacific eastbound, powered by SP U33C 8771, U33C 8635, SD45T-2 9212 and SD45 8928, stalled while climbing over the Tehachapi Mountains when ... (more)

Three Southern Pacific GP9 helpers in Black Widow paint scheme at Walong, California in March 1961. Photo from my slide collection, photographer Robert C. Madsen.

A set of four Southern Pacific SD39s was sitting in the railroad’s Taylor Yard, consisting of SP 5316, 5322, 5321 and 5301. These engines were built in late 1968. (Los Angeles, California – ... (more)

Somehow, though SP had hundreds, the U boats always seemed like rarities. I guess it was because they were first things stored, disliked by crews, etc. This one arriving from the Bay Area has mi... (more)

Grinding up and over the Tehachapi Mountains, a Southern Pacific eastbound is pulled by SP B30-7 7803, teamed with a Cotton Belt GP20 and an SP GP35. (Keene, California – September 4, 1978)

Southern Pacific SD7 1427, built in August 1953, is the former SP 2727, originally SP 5320. While no longer used in passenger service, the engine still has a water tank (which is missing its cap)... (more)

Southern Pacific's oldest passenger GP9, SP 3000, is coupled with passenger SP GP9 3009. Photographed on August 14, 1973, at the 3rd and Townsend passenger station in San Francisco, California, t... (more)

Eastbound SP train climbing Beaumont Hill through San Timotao Canyon near El Casco

It wasn't unusual for new SP power to pass through Silvis on it's way west. This GP40X caught my eye one day as I was headed home from work at the Silvis shop. I had my camera with me however the... (more)