We will now travel back in time to look at a few shortline and industrial railroads.
The Holly sugar SW-1 1 at the plant at Dyer at Santa Ana in 1976. This was the first diesel engine the Southern Pacific ever owned.
National Metals on Terminal Island had the GE 70 Toner in 1972.
Kaiser Steel 32-002 switches at the mill at Fontana in 1982.
Ventura County S-6 107 at Oxnard in 1992.
Santa Maria Valley Railroad 70 Toner 30 lays over in Santa Maria in 1975.
Kerr McGee has the S-12 at Trona in 1976.
Trona 53 at Torna in 1976.
Savage GP-7 waits in the bright morning sun at Wasco on March 12th,1999.
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NREX GP-20 2001 at Guersney on March 12th,1999.
Intergrated Grain and Milling GP-7 2161 at Hanford on March 12th,1999.
Cargill GP-7 2014 "The Mighty Cow" at Hanford on March 12th,1999.
Modesto Empire and Traction 70 Toner 603 switches in the streets of Modesto in 1976.
The Modesto, Empire and Traction switches the Santa Fe Interchange at Empire in 1984.
Foster Farms in Livingston had the S-1 #1 at it's plant there in 1976.
Sierra Railroad S-12 42 at Oakdale in 1976.
Amador Central S-12 coming out of the mill at Martell. 1974
Stockton Terminal and Eastern S-2 560 at Stockton in 1976.
Stockton Terminal Eastern S-2 557 returns from the WP Interchange in Stockton in 1984.
Central California Traction returns from the WP Interchange in Stockton in 1981.
CCT RS-1 60 sitting at South Sacramento in 1981.
California Northern GP-15-1 102 in Woodland in 1995.
Quincy Railroad S-1 4 at Quincy,CA in 1980.
California Western S-12 53 at the engine house at Fort Bragg. 1974
Another shot of CWRR 53 passing the water tower in Fort Bragg. 1974.
The California Western Skunk leaves Willits with RS-12 56 on the point in 1984.
McCloud Railroad SD-38 37 sat in McCloud with Mt Shasta looming behind on September 3rd,1983.
Longview, Portland and Northern S-2 112 at Reedsport. 1972
Longview, Portland and Northern VO-660 1002 at Reedsport in 1972.
Pacific Lumber Company 70 Toner 102 at the mill at Scotia. 1972.
Kennecott Copper electrics at Brigham Canyon, Utah in 1973.
Kennecott GP-39-2 781 sits at Copperton, Utah in 1980.
US Steel S-12 26 at the Geneva Utah Works in 1980.
Idaho, Pacific and Northern GP-40 4506 at Cascade, Idaho in 2003.
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific GP-7 103 at Rocker,MT in 1980.
Portland Terminal 44 switches the yard at Portland in 1980.
Anaconda Alliminum NW-3 900 rests in Whitefish,MT in 1989.
BC Hydro SW-1200RS 900 at Vancouver,BC in 1976.
A Copper Basin Train rolls out of Hayden, AZ back towards the mine in 1989.
Southwestern Railroad in GP-35 2601 at Deming,NM in 2003.
Florida Midland Railroad CF-7 63 at Winter Haven between Amtrak trains in 1996.
In Dover,NJ, Morristown and Erie 27 rambled by while I waited for my New Jersey Transit train in 1997
The Arnaud Railway brings a train into Clarke City, Quebec on August 22, 2000.
A Romaine River Railway Passenger Train leaves Havre St. Pierre, Quebec on August 22, 2000.
The Chemin De Fer Charlevoix Railway in Clermont, Quebec on August 26, 2000.
The Southern California Railroad GP-40 2000 at Plaster City on March 17, 2001.
The Verde Canyon Railroad on April 19, 2001.
The Southwestern Railroad at Deming, New Mexico on October 26, 2002.
RJ Corman runs My Old Kentucky Dinner Train in Bardstown on December 28, 2002.
The Wisconsin Southern at Janesville, Wisconsin on May 2, 2003.
Pacific Harbor Lines in Wilmington, California on July 19, 2003.
Idaho, Northern & Pacific 4506 at Horseshoe Bend, Idaho on August 8, 2003.
The Montana Rail Link handled the former Montana Daylight Train climbing Mullen Pass on August 22, 2003.
The Sierra Railroad 46 in Oakdale, California on March 14, 2004.
The Great Northwest Railroad at Lewistown, Idaho on May 21, 2004.
Wallowa Valley Union Railroad GP-35 4503 on May 22, 2004.
Pend Oreille Valley Railroad GP-10 1745 at Newport, Washington on May 23, 2004.
The Central Monrtana Rail at Denton, Montana on May 24, 2004.
The Minnesota Commercial Railway at Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 3, 2004.
The Santa Fe Southern GP-18 93 at Santa Fe, New Mexico on November 13, 2004.
The McCloud Railway SD-38 37 at McCloud on July 2, 2005.
The Central Oregon & Pacific Railroad at the Siuslaw River Drawbridge, Oregon on July 4, 2004.
Mount Hood GP-9 88 at Hood River on July 5, 2004.
The City of Prineville Railroad 989 at Prineville Jct on July 8, 2005.
The Georgia Southwestern 6302 at Ellaville, Georgia on November 19, 2005.
Engines of the Sabine River and Northern Railroad in Beaumont, Texas on December 18, 2005.
Louisiana and Delta Railroad CF-7 1500 at New Iberia, Louisana on December 18, 2005.
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