SP 4428 at Logan

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I have no notes from the collection regarding the date and location of this photo. It appears to be Logan, CA, circa 1940. The number boards are blurry but they appear to say 2-98. There's a small saddle tank steam engine to the right of the train. Photographer most likely Bill Darrough, from the Darrough Collection. Since negatives were extensively traded it's possible Bill was not the photographer.
SP 4428 is a Lima 4-8-4, SP Class GS-3. Reportedly: it was built in 1937 by Lima, builders number 7733. SP 4428 was vacated in 1958 and scrapped in 1959.
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Neg 1.1.46.18.2, Scans 2018.8.25.1.12:13-ph

MoPac caboose in West, TX

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On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, we drove from Dallas to Austin, TX. We stopped for lunch in West, TX. There we saw Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP) caboose 13057, it is displayed at the West, TX Depot Museum on the corner of Washington and Broadway in West, Texas.
MP 13057 is a compact body bay window caboose. Reportedly: MP caboose 13057 was built by MP shops circa 1981. After the merger, it was assigned to UP class CA-34. Vacated in 1993. Donated to the West, TX Depot Museum.
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Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens image: 2024.4.15.3.2-ph

MKT Caboose in West, Texas

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On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, we drove from Dallas to Austin, TX. We stopped for lunch in West, TX. There we saw Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT) caboose 213. It is displayed at the West, TX Depot Museum on the corner of Washington and Broadway in West, Texas.
MKT 213 is a former MKT Caboose. Reportedly: it was removed from service in 1989 it is displayed on the southeast corner of Washington and Broadway in West, Texas.
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Nikon D500, Nikon 18~140mm f3.5-5.6 DX lens image: 2024.4.15.3.1-ph

SP Narrow Gauge at Mina

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Southern Pacific (SP) Narrow Gauge 17 is leading 4-6-0 SP 9 at Mina, Nevada in August 1937. From the Jack Darrough Collection. Photographer likely Bill Darrough used with permission.
SP 17, was a Narrow Gauge Baldwin 4-6-0. Reportedly it was built in 1887, builders number 8487, as South Pacific Coast 21. The disposition of this locomotive was retired in 1945 and scrapped in 1952.
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Unknown film camera, Scan of Print 1010.1.1, 2020.6.5.1.3-ph

PNWR Westsider in 2017

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On Saturday, August 26, 2017, Portland & Western Railroad (PNWR) 2309, 2311, 2304 are leading the Westsider at Whiteson, OR. I was out with Vic Neves who was the great tour guide on this day.
PNWR 2309 "Philomath" is an EMD GP39-2. Reportedly: PNWR 2309 was built by EMD in 1974 as ATSF 3608 builder number 74602-9. It also had the reporting mark and number WPRR 2309.
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Nikon D600, Nikon 24~120 f4 FX Lens, 2017.8.29.9.?-ph

SP Pacific in Niles Canyon

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On Sunday, March 28, 2010, Golden Gate Railroad Museum's (GGRM) Southern Pacific (SP) 4-6-2 Class P8 Pacific 2472 is being towed backwards by Pacific Locomotive Association's SP SD9 (SD9E) 5472 which is on the west end of the train. The location is called Estates Crossing which is just west of Niles Canyon Railway's Brightside Yard. Though it looks like the 2472 is a manned rear end DPU, it is not!
SP 2472 is a Baldwin Locomotive Works built SP Class P-8, 4-6-2. Reportedly it was built in 1921, builders number 54477. It was vacated in 1957 and donated to San Mateo County in 1959. In 1976 a group of volunteers started restoring the locomotive. This group became the GGRM, the current owner-operator of SP 2472.
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D300s, Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX lens, Image, 2010.3.28.1.103-ph

SP SD9 on the PLA

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Pacific Locomotive Association (PLA) owned Southern Pacific (SP) 5472 in Sunol, CA on the PLA's Niles Canyon Railway on Sunday, March 28, 2010.
PLA’s SP 5472 is an EMD SD9, SP Class DF-125. Reportedly: it was built in 1956 by EMD as an SD9, builders number 21297, SP 5472, SP Class DF-125. In 1965 it was renumbered to SP 3946, SP Class EF618-5.
This locomotive was upgraded in 1977 emerging as SP 4423, SD9E SP Class EF618R-1.
The reported disposition of this locomotive is: 4423 was sold to Omnitrax the summer of 1993, along with about 100 other units. It became NWP 4423, purchased by Howard Wise of the Oakland Terminal Railway. PLA contracted to get this locomotive just one day before it was to be scrapped.
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D300s, Nikon 28~105mm f3.5-4.5 FX lens, Image, 2010.3.28.1.55-ph