The F7 Cab

F7-Southern_Pacific_6051

F7 cab from Microsoft's Train Simulator..click on photo for larger view.

Livermore / Cab Forward

SP X3207 + Cab Forward Mid 50s Parallelling WP near Livermore Ca

Passenger Special / E9A

CSRM's SP E9A 6051 leads a passenger special with SP SDP45's 3201 and 3207. Seen here arriving at Oakland's 16th Street Station on April 27, 1985.

Acres / Stockton

In 1972, the SP dispatcher runs one westbound manifest out of Roseville around another at Acres on the northern edge of Stockton, CA.

-Steve Schmollinger

Yard action / Klamath Falls Oregon

In August 1972, an SP Baldwin switcher pulls a train out of one of the arrival tracks at Klamath Falls Yard in Oregon.

Daylight PA units

 Two alco PA units sit at the west Oakland diesel shop in the daylight paint scheme.

4449

Southern Pacific GS-4 Daylight  Lima-built 4-8-4 steam locomotive number 4449, southbound through Fresno, California on its way to the New Orleans Worlds Fair, May 12, 1984

Paint Schemes

Another experimental paint job from 1980 is modeled by SD40R 7342 (and SP caboose #1 in the background). This original version (SD45R 7399 was the only other unit to be so painted) was special in that the hood lettering was red on this side and white on the other and the "bloody nose" was solid on one side and had wings on the other.

-Lehman

Cuesta Grade

This is Cuesta Grade just north of San Luis Obispo. Looks like a steam excursion with some modern motive power and Daylight passenger cars added.

Modeling the Southern Pacific / HO scale

 

Number 3227 crosses a small bridge in what looks like the Shasta area in Oregon.

Motive power / SD 70MAC

SP SD70MAC 9809 waits for Amtrak #14 to pass at San Ardo, CA in glorious February 4, 1999 sunset light.

-Lehman

"Espee" Railroad Art / The San Joaquin

The San Juaquin Daylight
-Ron Azman

West Oakland

A westbound pulls out of the Homestead end of the West Oakland Yard with SP SD45's 9019 and 9046, SD40T-2 8513, and GP9E 3772 on September 22, 1981. Check out the large Santa Fe logo boxcars.
-Lehman

The "mars" light / SD-9

The Gyrating "Mars" light was a feature on some SD-9's and two are pictured here in the traditional and "Black Widow" paint schemes. This light added additional warning and viewing, particularly in foggy areas.

Westbound manifest / Woodford

In March 1974, a member of SP's heaviest class of six-axle locomotives leads a westbound manifest down the single track between the Loop and Woodford.

West Colton Yard

In August 1974, hostlers at SP new West Colton Yard turn a consist in preparation for it to lead a freight up the Palmdale-Colton Cut-off and over Tehachapi.

-Schmollinger

Motive Power / SD-9

SD-9 3853 Springfield-OR 1970

Caliente Creek Narrows

In April 1985, 10 six-axle EMDs bring a westbound SP manifest out of the Caliente Creek Narrows into Ilmon on the western slope of Tehachapi Pass.

Photo Schmollinger

Black widow Paint scheme

 A pristine "f unit" sits on display at the Kirkham St. Oakland Amtrak Facility.

Helper units / Bena

At dusk on a spring evening in 1992, a Santa Fe eastbound comes down the grade from Sandcut as an SP crewman prepares his all-EMD helper at Bena for another assignment up Tehachapi's steep incline.

Photo Steve Schmollinger

Tehachapi / SDP-45 / Bealville

SP3200-1 SDP- 45  Rounds the turn at Bealville in 1985.

Stockton Tower

An SP eastbound appears out the fog with nearby Stockton Tower shrouded in the mist at left.

Photo Steve Schmollinger

Vintage Photos / Cab-forward / Nevada

Southern Pacific cab-forward 4-8-8-2 No. 4246, a 1942 Baldwin, races through western Nevada.

Southern Pacific facilities / Los Angeles.

Southern Pacific facilities dominate three views of Los Angeles. Much in this 1934 scene is gone, or greatly changed.

Station Stops / Alhambra

Southern Pacific "F'" units, Alhambra Station 1972

4449 restored Daylight

Looks like and excursion, an shot somewhere in Oregon.

"Espee" U-Boats

A classic lash-up of "U-boats" with a U-30C on the point.

Photo Schmollinger

Mainline action / F units

A trio of  Bloody Nose F Units ( led by 6453) and a B unit Blast past Agnew!

SP Railroad art

The Daylight makes a stop at The San Luis Obispo  station.

Helper Unit on Donner

In a pouring rain at Towle, CA, SD45T-2 No. 9328 adds braking power to an SP westbound off the UP at Ogden coming down the western slope of Donner Pass.