Category Archives: sp

More Eureka Southern/NCRA/ Northwestern Pacific Railroad Equipment Decomposing in Eureka

Posted on August 23, 2020 by Thomas Bethune

Part of the North Coast Rail Authority fleet of neglected locomotives. 2014

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4449

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

SP 4449 at Sacramento 1991.

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HAND TINTED TRAIN

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Thomas Bethune

Colorized train at Laws Museum near Bishop, CA. Pardon me if I shared this before.

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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRAIN AT DEL NORTE STREET

Posted on January 31, 2018 by Thomas Bethune

There were a couple of tracks at Del Norte Street (the dock is behind me and to the right). I assume that this was an inbound freight. The railroad was still active in the nineteen-eighties as the timber industry was … Continue reading →

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CHIEF OF THE SANTA FE

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Thomas Bethune

These are some of my photographs that are in the new music video Chief of the Santa Fe. To watch go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88KlrcgkriE

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NWP TUNNEL NUMBER 40 AT LOLETA

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Thomas Bethune

  Taken earlier today this is the north entrance. The rest of the tunnel is relatively dry and clean.

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DEAD DIESELS

Posted on February 7, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

When I was about twelve years old I frequented the area where the outdated steam locomotives were in storage. That place was in the Southern Pacific’s Bakersfield Yard. The locomotives were replaced with “modern” locomotives like this one. The new … Continue reading →

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC ENGINE 4449

Posted on January 12, 2015 by Thomas Bethune

SOUTHERN PACIFIC ENGINE NUMBER 4449 AT SACRAMENTO 1991

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THE SLIM PRINCESS

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Thomas Bethune
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTAION COMAPANY’S BAKERSFIELD YARD AND ROUNDHOUSE

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Thomas Bethune
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