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  1. Zephyr Daylight

    Zephyr Daylight

    California Zephyr dome-observation car trailing the SP 4449 at East Auburn on the way to Tacoma from Stampede Pass.
    • Sean R Das
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    • 4449 sp
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  2. Tacoma Bound

    Tacoma Bound

    The SP 4449 has crossed the M Street grade crossing and is headed for Tacoma after returning from Stampede Pass.
    • Sean R Das
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    • 4449 sp
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  3. M Street

    M Street

    The SP 4449 about to cross the M Street grade crossing in East Auburn after returning from Stampede Pass on 6/25/11.
    • Sean R Das
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    • 4449 sp
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    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  4. Southern Pacific Depot

    Southern Pacific Depot

    This Southern Pacific Depot sits in Nacogdoches Tx. Behind it is a 8 railroad track crossing. Union Pacific now reigns through it
    • ValleyTrain
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    • nacogdoches sp up
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  5. SPMW 325

    SPMW 325

    UP flanger awaits the next Sierra storm at Colfax, CA. This flanger was built in 1938 and rebuilt in 1971 and 2006. On Donner it primarily vollies between Emigrant Gap and Truckee, CA to remove snow accumalation between the railhead.
    • rgcx
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    • donner snow sp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
  6. Shooting in to the sun

    Shooting in to the sun

    SP 9752 parked in Beaumont, Tx.
    • SDJeff
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    • sp
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    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  7. Soon to be gone

    Soon to be gone

    UP continues to lay a second main across portions of Arizona. This 3-headed SP relic will soon be a memory.
    • rgcx
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    • searchlight sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Signals
  8. Sugar Bowl Xing '95

    Sugar Bowl Xing '95

    The view of Sugar Bowl x-ing in 1995. SP signal supervisors advised me at the time that these wig wags were high priority to be upgraded to modern flashers. Both were retired soon afterwards, and found their way to the front yards of SP signal maintainers' private residences.
    • rgcx
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    • donner pass sp wag wig
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Signals
  9. In need of a mechanic

    In need of a mechanic

    A WB grain train for Livingston, CA (Foster Farms) barely achieves the station of Floriston on a gentle 1% grade. With wet rails and poor maintenance of locos this train does its best to make 12 mph. The next two years would bring herds of leasors and rent-a-wrecks to the SP.
    • rgcx
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    • donner sp
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  10. Truckee Helper

    Truckee Helper

    Having just pushed a wb through the big hole aka T#41, the helper prepares to go east. The wooden snowshed would be replaced by concrete in 1998.
    • rgcx
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    • donner snowshed sp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  11. Going for a 70's photo look

    Going for a 70's photo look

    I shot this directly into the sun, on purpose. This reminds me of a lot of the 70's photos (non magazine of course) that I use to look at.
    • SDJeff
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    • sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  12. Getting Ready for Street Running on Home Rails

    Getting Ready for Street Running on Home Rails

    MWRX 3338, xSP GP9 at Gulf Coast Rails in Orange, TX. These engines sit on old SP tracks that about 15'in front of the old SP engine is street running track to the port.
    • SDJeff
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    • sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  13. Got Talent?

    Got Talent?

    This SP local is heading for Grants Pass having worked the various mills around Talent, Orgeon. On the Siskiyou branch, daytime trains were mostly a handful of locals.
    • rgcx
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    • semaphore sp
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  14. SP 9738 at Knippa, Tx

    SP 9738 at Knippa, Tx

    SP 9738 shoving back into local rock plant at Knippa. US90
    • laredosub
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    • 9738 sp
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  15. SP 9738 at Knippa, Tx

    SP 9738 at Knippa, Tx

    SP 9738 crossing the Dry Frio River on a raining cloudy day. As I got back in my truck the LAS10 stop at the lead into Traprock to do some switching of ballast cars.
    • laredosub
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    • 60 gp sp unpatched
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  16. Not enough to clear the turnout

    Not enough to clear the turnout

    This SP local is in a minor jam. It was trying to run-around its train by allowing the cars to roll downhill via gravity. A crew member was using the handbrakes to avoid a runaway. The problem; the cut didn't roll far enough to clear the turnout. The SD-9 gingerly crept forward to nudge (tap)...
    • rgcx
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    • local shasta sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  17. EB at Langtry

    EB at Langtry

    The old highway bridge stil stands near Langtry, Texas.
    • rgcx
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    • sp trestle
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  18. Summer for Snowfighters

    Summer for Snowfighters

    Ever wonder where snow fighting units go for "summer vacations?" South Texas of course. This unit was around for a week before it started migrating back to the golden state.
    • rgcx
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    • flanger sp unit
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  19. Real Heritage

    Real Heritage

    The SP 144 is the third unit of five on this Northbound (first two were boring H2 BNSF C44-9W's). SP 144 has survived 14 years without an ugly UP patch, and behind SP 144, BNSF 755 and BNSF 758 still wear the red and silver Warbonnet scheme of the Santa Fe.
    • warrenroot
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    • 144 755 758 bend bnsf cascan or sp
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  20. SP 144

    SP 144

    I was reading the "other" forums this morning and saw a heads up about this AC4400 heading North on the BNSF Gateway Sub. in Northern California. I heard the lead unit (BNSF 5450) get a warrant from 11Z to North Siding Switch Cascan, and the hunt was on! The BNSF 1000 also came...
    • warrenroot
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    • 144 ac4400cw bend cascan or pacific southern sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Union Pacific


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