One of Austin Western's two SD45T-2 "tunnel motors" rests at Abbott Yard, while UP 1996, the Southern Pacific heritage unit, is tucked away bad-ordered on the next track over

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

A coal train bound for Searles highballs Bealville siding in the Tehachapis.

Southern Pacific, SP SD45T-2 9254, with a westbound rack train on the D&RGW's Tennessee Pass Route, Minturn, Colorado. May 10, 1996. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

SP 9282 west passes through the small community of Guadalupe just south of Victoria, TX on what had been Southern Pacific's Port Lavaca Subdivision. This line was previously part of the Galveston... (more)

A head-on view of SP 9282 west operating on the former Southern Pacific Port Lavaca sub. Track speed must have been relatively low, as I have multiple photos of this train between Victoria and Pl... (more)

SSW, Cotton Belt 9161 leads a eastbound over the San Pedro River at Benson, Arizona. December 13, 1983. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

At first glance, one would think we are in Southern California, but this is Cotter, AR, crew change point for the M&NA. An empty UP coal train and M&NA road power wait for crews to be called befo... (more)

Hustling a southbound coal train this leaser is rounding a curve, giving a good view of the undercarriage. This one is pure, 20 magnificent cylinders still. I resisted the temptation of get the ... (more)

At the Nixon Power Plant. SP 6785 6840 7424 8361 unload a coal train, at a Colorado power plant. The picture really depicts how the Southern Pacific looked the last few years.

The hostlers pull an outbound train forward after putting the head end power on (as seen from Pepper Ave, over West Colton Yard). They will then hop on the helper unit and take up to the other end... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific train is holding the main at Mott, waiting for an eastbound train to climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon and clear on the siding in the foreground.

A tunnel motor with patina leads a westbound intermodal train on the Shasta Route.

The daily (M-F) US Sugar/South Central Florida Express Sebring Turn passes the former Atlantic Coast Line depot in Lake Placid, Florida, on the northbound half of their journey towards Sebring fro... (more)

After 22 miles of downgrade from the summit near Grass Lake siding, this eastbound intermodal train has hit the Butte Valley floor at Mount Hebron. At the time, doublestacks on the Shasta Route we... (more)