This Railpower Technologies (RPI) RP20BD locomotive, numbered 5406, carries no visible reporting mark, so conventional wisdom has it as a Foster Farms (FPFX) unit. Then again, it could also be ow... (more)
Leased by Foster Farms from Western Rail Inc., WRIX SD38AC 201 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Duluth Missabe & Iron Range 201 in June 1971. Fifty-three years later, it is ... (more)
WRIX 201 at Traver, CA.
Espee GrimeA Southern Pacific freight heads north (railroad east) through Traver, California, on September 14, 1979. Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9374 is on the point this day. There is a ... (more)
WRIX 201, a rare EMD SD38AC, is one of two switchers working this grain facility in Traver, CA.
A Rail Power genset sits on the loop track at Bravo Farms in Traver, CA.
Zacky Farms CF7 No. 2631 sits at the elevators at Traver, California, on March 10, 1995. In the 1970’s, the Cleburne Shops of the Santa Fe converted old F3’s and F7s to this unique (ugly?) roa... (more)
The Sunset Railway was, at this time, operated jointly by the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific, heading south and west out of Bakersfield at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley. On March 6, 1... (more)
Southern Pacific 3854 (ex-3671, nee-5808) is one of two GP9s in charge of this eastbound train passing through Traver in California's verdant Central Valley on September 14, 1979.