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  1. SP 8586

    SP 8586

    SP 8586 awaits a new crew in Pine Bluff,AR.
    • ArkansasRailfan
    • Media item
    • 8586 pacific southern sp
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Union Pacific
  2. UP 844 and SP 4449 Doubleheader

    UP 844 and SP 4449 Doubleheader

    The two magnificent steam locomotives back down the lead from the UP yard onto BNSF track.
    • Railgeek
    • Media item
    • 4449 844 double header pacific southern sp steam union up
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  3. UP 844 and SP 4449 Doubleheader

    UP 844 and SP 4449 Doubleheader

    Union Pacific 844 is attached to Southern Pacific 4449 in the UP yard in Tacoma, WA.
    • Railgeek
    • Media item
    • 4449 844 double header pacific southern sp steam union up
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  4. IMG_6409

    IMG_6409

    SP 4449 skips delightfully along the P&W line, south of Salem on this sunny April day.
    • Railgeek
    • Media item
    • 4449 and daylight p&w pacific portland southern sp western
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  5. Really Grand

    Really Grand

    A pair of Rios lead a lumber drag though Black Butte, California in late summer 1989.
    • CPKirkie
    • Media item
    • drgw mount_shasta sp
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  6. Clear Mountain Mornings - II

    Clear Mountain Mornings - II

    Brand new GEs lead an empty lumber drag through the site of the former Cougar siding near Grass Lake, California. It was the first time I ever saw a freight train on SP's Black Butte Sub with a solid set of GE locomotives.
    • CPKirkie
    • Media item
    • ge mount_shasta sp
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  7. A day at the office

    A day at the office

    Klamath Northern 207 is heading south to the SP interchange, crossing Oregon Highway 58.
    • CPKirkie
    • Media item
    • ge knor sl144 sp
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  8. Something Old, Something New

    Something Old, Something New

    An eastbound SP stack train with brand new GEs passes an elderly semaphore on the Sunset Route.
    • CPKirkie
    • Media item
    • arizona ge sp
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Editors Choice Gallery
  9. Worthy Warrior

    Worthy Warrior

    Former SP tunnel motor now relagated to being a lessor locomotive with CEFX on 11/20/05 at the 18th Street yard on the east end of the TP&W. She still looks good compared to the Dash 9 wide cab crap we have to endure today.
    • JETRR
    • Media item
    • cefx lessor motor sp tunnel
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  10. Better Days at Cantara

    Better Days at Cantara

    The Louisiana World's Fair Daylight crosses the Sacramento River on Cantara Loop near Dunsmuir, CA.
    • CPKirkie
    • Media item
    • 4449 7399 cantara daylight shasta sp
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  11. "Tough Guys" Movie Train - SP Coastline 1986

    "Tough Guys" Movie Train - SP Coastline 1986

    X4449 Daylight and the Tough Guys movie train running eastbound south of Santa Barbara at Pt. Fernald on the then Southern Pacific Coastline route heading for Los Angeles in 1986.
    • Huskerherb
    • Media item
    • "tough - 1986 coastline guys" movie sp train
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Railroad Art
  12. SP 355 At South Carr, CO

    SP 355 At South Carr, CO

    As DAIR 2701 waits to head south a northbound UP coal empty runs around the gravel train on the siding. SP 355 is running DPU.
    • Phramnarg
    • Media item
    • 2701 355 carr colorado dair sp
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  13. Crest, California - Population 0, Temperature 0 (F)

    Crest, California - Population 0, Temperature 0 (F)

    On a cold Sunday afternoon in January 1989, an EUASM arrives at Crest siding on SP's Modoc Line.
    • CPKirkie
    • Media item
    • modoc_line sp
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Western United States
  14. SP_Style-EUG

    SP_Style-EUG

    This signal guards against traffic coming south out of Eugene Yard area on the Yard Lead and going through a single crossover that allows for passenger trains to get from the Mainline to the Yard Lead via the crossover. This signal is at 647.59 on the Brooklyn Subdivision.
    • SP&SFan
    • Media item
    • at eugene ore. signal sp style
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Signals
  15. SSW 9699 as Art

    SSW 9699 as Art

    SSW GP60 poses in the late afternoon sun for me in San Antonio. Edits via PaintShop Pro.
    • kenw
    • Media item
    • gp60 sp ssw
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Railroad Art
  16. SP Mikado 794

    SP Mikado 794

    SP 794, sister of Austin Steam Train's 786 at Sunset Station in San Antonio...the siding she's on is still concted to the main (with some asphalt over it)!
    • Media item
    • 2-8-2 alco mikado sp
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Tourist Railways - Steam Locomotives
  17. Unpatched Espee's abound

    Unpatched Espee's abound

    This local manifest is headed up by one of several unpatched SP units in the area. He was pulling 35 cars down track one to switch to track three to back into Alfalfa yard for set outs.
    • elpRRhawk
    • Media item
    • manifest sp tx up
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  18. SP7100 local power

    SP7100 local power

    SP7100 leads his local manifest WB at 12:17pm
    • elpRRhawk
    • Media item
    • manifest nm sp up
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  19. SP 7100 pulls a WB local manifest

    SP 7100 pulls a WB local manifest

    SP7100 (GP40M-2) and UP350 pull an 11-car local manifest WB at 12:17pm
    • elpRRhawk
    • Media item
    • manifest nm sp up
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  20. November in Fresno

    November in Fresno

    • Daniel Hormann
    • Media item
    • sp
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Union Pacific


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