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SP 8380 East arrives into Tucson with a WCHOM train and parks next to an Ex-Southern SD45 3155 on lease to the SP in March 1989.

SP 7828 East departs Tucson under a colorful rainbow with a "rainbow" consist. The consist includes MP 3051, HL (MP) 2057, VMV Paducah 6673 and SP 7485 on train symbol WCHOM in October 1988.

SP 9333 West powers the BSMFF as it meets SSW (Cotton Belt) 8091 East with the LBEST at Mescal in the late afternoon of March 1998.

SP 8266 West leads seven units on the hot BSMFF "Blue Streak" at Chamiso, AZ under crystal clear December skies in 1987. The train is just east of the summit at Mescal and will soon be in Tucson for a crew change.

Rio Grande SD40T-2 5373 is the point unit of the 3 SSW (Cotton Belt) units: 9662 (GP60), 7281 and 7279 (GP40-2) at the Tucson Yard engine facility. Storm clouds are forming to the east as the monsoons continue on this September 1998 afternoon.

The quintessential SP photo of the Sunset Route. Cotton Belt 9712 East roars over the Cienega Creek Bridge with the LBHOT-16. Units SSW 9714, SP 6869 and SSW 9653 round out the consist as the high priority double stack train goes the wrong way up the westbound #2 track as no westbound are approaching Mescal summit in March 1995.

SP snoot 8350 is the lead helper along with SSW (Cotton Belt) 7777, NHL (BN) 6466 and SP 7278 on the HOWCM as it passes the iconic coaling tower at Mescal in November 1987.

A Severe weather alert got me out of bed and raced down to the SP yard in Tucson. A large thunderstorm was approaching from the west. I grabbed my camera and quickly setup the tripod and tripped the shutter and just watched lightning bolts explode from the sky. As the storm got closer and the thunder got much louder, it was time to close the shutter and make a sprint to the truck before torrential rain and hail hit. This is one of my favorite train/lightning photos I've taken over the years. Note the CP 5901 visiting from the north in the engine facility.

SP 7516 West leads the KCPXM-15 (Kansas City-Phoenix Manifest) over the Cienega Creek bridge with a colorful consist of CSX, MPI and SP units in beautiful late afternoon storm light.

CP 5475 High Nose SD40-2 "B" unit (Ex-Southern 3247) and CP 5784 with SP 7450 at the Tucson yard in 1996. CP power was leased for the power hungry SP. Both CP units show the CP/Rail America scheme.

Soo Line 739, SP 7450, CP 5475 and CP 5784 is quite a surprise in Tucson, Arizona in 1996.

SP 9612 East departs Tucson under stormy skies with a manifest train.

Brand new SP 8028, 8029, 8030, 8031 lead the LANTA (Los Angeles-North Texas Autos) through the summit at Mescal, AZ on a beautiful October 1987 morning.

UP 901 (Ex-CNW GP50 5052) leads a colorful consist with SP merger 9351, SSW 9652, SOO 768 and SP 8323. The eastbound double stack is preparing to leave Tucson in 1996.

In 2006, pool power on the former SP in Tucson was wild. Here HLCX 6410 Trona Railway (Ex-SF 5712) prepares to leave east out of Tucson with UP 2905 (Ex-SP snoot).

KCS 6102 (Ex-Rio Grande 5394) sits at the UP Tucson yard. There were very few KCS units in the Tunnel motor paint scheme.

Two SSW "Cotton Belt" SD45's and a SP SD45T-2 lead a westbound manifest train out of Tucson, AZ.

BN units 7866 and BN 8134 with SP 9359 at Tucson, AZ in June 1991.

SP 9197 west with Rio Grande 3123 and SP 7760 wait for a clear signal at Vail, AZ to continue toward Tucson.

Cotton Belt (SSW) 9372 leads a Sealand Double Track train out of Tucson, AZ on a beautiful October afternoon. Another BN unit and a Rio Grande Tunnel Motor are included in the 10 unit consist.