The former Cotton Belt SSW GP60 now UP 1004 loco idles at the Roseville yard

After picking up a couple of hoppers at A L Gilbert Co, UP local LRS99 continues toward Turlock Ca.

UP local LRS99 picks up hoppers at A L Gilbert Co at Keyes Ca.

The twice weekly Hollister Local has ran around its train as it proceeds to switch industry around Gilroy. Like the Santa Margarita Turn, both Watsonville Junction based train rarely, or no longer... (more)

A blast from the past! UP 1004 looks right at home in patched Cotton Belt as it passes the mission bell tower in the village of San Miguel. The turn comes down from Watsonville Junction every Satu... (more)

The Saturday Rock Job passes South Castroville with a couple endangered pieces of SP-era railroading on full display in the form of the SSW GP60 and searchlight signals.

Hastily patched ex-SSW GP60 1004 and two other UP GP60s pick their way down Quint Street in San Francisco, on their way to the SF Bay RR yard to pick up "dirty dirt" empties.

The Rocklin Rocket. Historically, trains have names. Classics such as the "California Zephyr" and "Super Chief" live in American folklore. Today, most trains are known... (more)

Union Pacific 1004 shuts down Industrial Avenue while it works HB Fuller Company in North Roseville. HB Fuller "is a major American adhesives manufacturing company supplying industrial adhesi... (more)

Union Pacific 1004, one of the last remaining GP60s still sporting the Cotton Belt name, accelerates southbound down the Valley Subdivision at Binney Junction.

The St. Louis and Southwestern Railroad served the southern United States for 101 years. With mainlines connecting Missouri, Arkansas and Texas, this railroad became known as the “Cotton Belt”... (more)

It is no secret the UP Valley Subdivision between Binney Junction and the Roseville Yard is busy, really busy. Trains from the Feather River Route (Highway 70 corridor) and the Shasta Route (Inter... (more)

UP's LRQ53S local heads out of Tunnel 5 1/2 north of King City on the Coast Sub. Leading the way is a former St. Louis Southwestern GP60. The LRQ53S crew normally hauls stone from Watsonville Jct.... (more)

On a chilly Feburary evening, units from the various locals and yard jobs at Lesperance Street congergate behind the yard tower, with the St. Louis skyline providing the backdrop. Canon 350D.