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 Railroad AS616 waits in the bright morning sun at Trona in 1976.
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.
In Dover,NJ, Morristown and Erie 27 rambled by while I waited for my New Jersey Transit train in 1997
Florida Midland Railroad CF-7 63 at Winter Haven between Amtrak trains in 1996. I will now return you to the present.