Early sales of EMD SD70Ms from the 70 Series was slow at first, with a lot of floor space at the builder devoted to erecting A.C. traction SD70MACs. One exception was a small order of 25 SD70Ms fo... (more)
An eastbound manifest rolls through the Butte Valley, in the shadow of Mount Shasta. The Friendly Southern Pacific has just a little over a year of independence remaining.
SP's Second Help waits patiently at Ironton for the ROGJM to pass through the crossover switches on Oct. 30, 1994. Soon dispatcher five will flag the SP 8565 onto the rear to shove the 106 car dra... (more)
an eastbound SP manifest train negotiates the horseshoe curve below Bealville in the Tehachapi Mountains
A Southern Pacific/Wisconsin Central Geneva Steel taconite ore train passes milepost 188 at Neenah, Wisconsin, on December 11, 1994.
SP 9814 East is passing the switch that leads to the Sisquiyou sub at Black Butte, CA on it's way north to Portland, OR
SP 9814 leads a westbound mixed freight at the east end of the Bealville Siding on Tehachapi Pass, CA