Former ATSF A Yard San Bernardino
Looking northeast from the Mt. Vernon Overpass in San Bernardino, CA, the former ATSF "A" Yard and Shops Complex is seen with the San Bernardino Mountains in the background in 1986. About the only thing that looks the same today are the mountains!
Oil Cans through Tehachapi Pass
Lead SP SD40T-2 #8236 works the main with the eastbound "Oil Cans" at Woodford in Tehachapi Pass in 1984. Between the headend power and the helpers, it was quite a symphony of pure SP!
Warbonnet DPU Through Cajon Station
BNSF "Warbonnet" DPU Dash 9-44CW #757 has the dynamics notched up on the rear of this westbound freight on Cajon Pass' Main #2 under the yet to be activated WBCS cantilever signal bridge at Cajon Station on December 15, 2007.
SP Power Through Woodford
Eastbound at the west end of Woodford, a TOFC freight climbs towards Tehachapi Loop led by speed-lettered SP GP60 #9787 in 1995.
Maersk Double Stacks with Santa Fe Helper
During the promotional filming sequences for Maersk Lines on Sullivan's Curve, Santa Fe GP60M #144 provides much needed helper assistance from behind on August 13, 1990.
SP Taylor Yard Memories
Here's a look back at Southern Pacific's Taylor Yard in 1984 with a westbound on the #1 Main along San Fernando Road.
Headin' for Sullivan's Curve
BNSF H2 Dash 9-44CW #4655 grinds eastbound on the Cajon Subdivision approaching the bridge over Cajon Creek through Cajon Station with a rolled steel train on December 15, 2007.
SP leads ATSF through Cajon Summit
Southern Pacific SD40T-2 #8336 takes the point position on this eastbound Santa Fe freight past the Summit crossovers in 1987.
Classic SP freight through Hiland
Westbound tonnage led by Southern Pacific SD45 #7419 blasts through the cut at Hiland in Cajon Pass on the Palmdale Colton Cutoff in 1986.
SP Tunnel Motors at Woodford Siding
SP SD40T-2 #8268 leads a westbound freight through Woodford Siding in Tehachapi Pass in 1989. If you look closely, you'll see that I'm about to become the lucky recipient of an SP timetable being tossed by the headend crew.
SP 70Ms Passing Through Rowen
On a beautiful spring day, a Southern Pacific westbound freight led by SD70M #9808 drifts downgrade through Rowen in Tehachapi Pass in April 1995.
SF #3751 departs LAUPT - 1991
On December 27, 1991, Santa Fe #3751 and the California Limited depart Los Angeles' Union Station on the first leg of a four day round trip excursion to Bakersfield.