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  1. SP 4449

    SP 4449

    Headed east with an Amtrak unit in the consist, and a train of private cars headed east for Train Festival 2009 in Michigan. Near Maryhill.
    • Leia
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    • 4449 sp
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Special Trains, Charters and PV's
  2. A Sort of Homecoming

    A Sort of Homecoming

    SP's headquarters were located at 1 Market Street in San Francisco. It seems only appropriate, then, that ex-SP equipment can still be found working the last remaining industries in the city that still ship by rail. Here's the South City Switcher running down Quint St. in the heart of SF's...
    • Superchief3751
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    • francisco running san sp street up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  3. 4449 in 1976

    4449 in 1976

    I just found some of my old slides from 1976. This shot was in the Oakland SP yard.
    • Scale rail
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    • 4449 american freedom sp train
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  4. Coast Starlight - 1985

    Coast Starlight - 1985

    An SP SD45R leads the southbound Coast Starlight into San Jose, CA, back in June 1985. I was 15, school was out, I lived a mile from the SP San Jose Roundhouse, and I had my first 35mm camera. Too bad I wasn't shooting slides back then. All-manual Canon "FT" (fitting for a railfan!)...
    • robjacox
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    • amtrak jose san sd45 sp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  5. Cascade Summit - August 1998

    Cascade Summit - August 1998

    Rear end helpers on the UP 9330 South emerge from the tunnel in cloud of black smokeCanon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flatbed scanner
    • robjacox
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    • cascade oregon sp summit up
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  6. Cascade Summit - August 1998

    Cascade Summit - August 1998

    UP 9330 South has nearly crested the grade at Cascade Summit, as the rear end pushers are framed by the signals in a haze of diesel exhaust.Canon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flatbed scanner
    • robjacox
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    • cascade oregon sp summit up
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  7. SP SD70M 9813 - Klamath Falls, OR - August 1995

    SP SD70M 9813 - Klamath Falls, OR - August 1995

    On a southbound manifest. Why didn't a take a photo of that trailing Rio Grande tunnel motor?Canon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flatbed scanner
    • robjacox
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    • oregon sd70m sp
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Union Pacific
  8. SP SD70M - SD45T-2 - SD70M August 1995

    SP SD70M - SD45T-2 - SD70M August 1995

    A pair of SP SD70M's bracket an older SD45T-2, all three units in the current "Speed Lettered" scheme. Their southbound manifest is cresting the grade south of Worden, OR, and are about to cross the Oregon-California state line.Canon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flat...
    • robjacox
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    • oregon sd70m sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  9. Eugene, OR - April 17, 1995

    Eugene, OR - April 17, 1995

    SSW GP60 9688 sits in the nearly deserted Eugene, OR, engine facility on April 17, 1995.Canon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flat bed scanner
    • robjacox
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    • eugene gp60 sp ssw
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  10. Nearly new SD70M

    Nearly new SD70M

    In Oct. 1994, a nearlynew SP SD70M is at Eugene, OR, on a southbound manifest.Canon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flat bed scanner
    • robjacox
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    • eugene sd70m sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Union Pacific
  11. Speed-lettered SW1500 in a light snow

    Speed-lettered SW1500 in a light snow

    Back in late 1996, a rare speed-lettered SP SW1500 switches the south end of the Klamath Falls, OR, yard, as the snow starts to fall.Canon EOS-10s 35mm, Kodacolor print, scanned on an HP flat bed scanner
    • robjacox
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    • falls klamath sp sw1500
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  12. Southern Pacific Drifts Through Dike

    Southern Pacific Drifts Through Dike

    Eastbound SP SD40T-2 #8523 leads its train down Cajon Pass on the PCC at Dike in 1987.
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    • 8523 cajon dike pass sp
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Western United States
  13. CEFX 9401 Cruger, IL

    CEFX 9401 Cruger, IL

    CEFX 9401 leads TPW's EB freight
    • TPWRY
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    • cefx motor pacific sd45t-2 southern sp tp&w tpw tunnel
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Union Pacific
  14. Lake Oswego Daylight

    Lake Oswego Daylight

    SP "Daylight" #4449 heads through downtown Lake Oswego with two matching "daylight" passenger cars on its way to a car show in Sherwood on June 13, 2008.
    • RRShutterbug
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    • 4449 daylight lake oregon oswego sp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  15. SP 2-Bay Hopper

    SP 2-Bay Hopper

    This SP 2-bay hopper is carry a load of gravel south past the Saginaw grain elevators on a warm summer's evening. I don't see many that look this good.
    • David Thorn
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    • hopper sp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Freight Cars
  16. The Daylight at Work

    The Daylight at Work

    Southern Pacific 4449 makes up time as it glides down a hill.
    • Railgeek
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    • 4449 daylight pacific southern sp
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  17. Alabama & Tennessee River Railway

    Alabama & Tennessee River Railway

    A&TRR Northbound Freight Train Z389 rumbles through Birmingham, Al. ( 32nd Street Interlocking )
    • william h davis jr
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    • 5387 sp
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Eastern United States
  18. Alabama & Tennessee River Railway

    Alabama & Tennessee River Railway

    A&TRR Northbound Freight Train Z389 rumbles through Birmingham, Al. ( 41st Street )
    • william h davis jr
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    • 5387 sp
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Eastern United States
  19. Alabama & Tennessee River Railway

    Alabama & Tennessee River Railway

    A&TRR Northbound Freight Train Z389 rumbles through Birmingham, Al. ( 32nd Street Interlocking )
    • william h davis jr
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    • 7371 sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Eastern United States
  20. Fallen Flag Express

    Fallen Flag Express

    GE Dash 9s from Union Pacific components CNW and SP roll through the horseshoe at Gibson siding in the Sacramento River Canyon.
    • CPKirkie
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    • cnw ge river sacramento sp
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Western United States


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