On track 12 Union Pacific E9A 904 leads train 108 the City of Los Angeles, and on track 11 Santa Fe F7(A) 305 leads train 19 the combined Super Chief/EL Capitan at Los Angeles Union Terminal ... (more)
Union Pacific EMD E9A 911 leading the Las Vegas Special at Cajon Summit on August 2, 1969. UP E9A 911 was a "rebuild" from an older E7A 986 in 12/64. Photo by Ken Crist , from my co... (more)
Union Pacific E9 set of UP 949, 963B & 951 outside the Cheyenne, WY Union Pacific roundhouse on June 2, 1995. The 3 unit set of E9's had been running back and forth in the yard and were now sittin... (more)
Morning Zephyr departs Chicago
Off display and back in the old Central Pacific Shop complex (much of it built in 1968) where the California State Railroad Museum stores and works on a variety of equipment in their collection, i... (more)
Westbound Chicago to Rock Island at Santa FE diamind.
UP's E units leading an officer's special down Cajon Pass on my birthday on March 14, 1999. It was a pleasant surprise for me since I didn't know they were running that day.
Combined Empire Builder, North Coast Limited, Afernoon Zephyr depart Chicago. Zephyr Section with Cal Zephyr Silver Lookout
Combined Empire Builder, North Coast Limited, Afernoon Zephyr depart Chicago. North Coast Section
Combined Empire Builder, North Coast Limited, Afernoon Zephyr depart Chicago. Builder Section
Combined Empire Builder, North Coast Limited, Afernoon Zephyr depart Chicago.
A passenger train headed south is decorated for the holiday with the classic tower in the background. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.
The CN 102, freshly painted, sits behind Woodcrest Shops. The Unit is longer with CN and has been donated to the Monticello Railway Museum.
Uncertain Future. The CN 102 and CN 103 sit in shrink wrap behind the Woodcrest shops. An era of change for the CN Business fleet. Now primarily powered by the CN 3309. The E-9's were donated. Th... (more)