All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray… At the corner of 7th and Townsend in downtown San Francisco, California, was the Southern Pacific’s modest facility for servicin... (more)

In its final weeks of operation before Amtrak, SP's Del Monte passes its namesake station outside of Monterey. The Del Monte Hotel had once been a luxurious destination for passengers, but during... (more)

Passing thru the town of Marina, just North of Monterey, SP 3004 has the two car consist of the days Del Monte in tow. In a few more weeks, the train will end with the coming of Amtrak. Today thes... (more)

The oldest named train the SP, the Del Monte has passed Sand City and now passing Fort Ord. The daily Monterey to San Francisco train had long been an abandonment target of the SP but the coming ... (more)

Commute train #139 powered by one of SP's four "torpedo boat" GP9's. These locomotives were not equipped with dynamic brakes and had the larger roof mounted air tanks. The industrial buildings to ... (more)