The title scene of SP #1, the westbound Sunset Limited, meeting SP #4, the eastbound Golden State Limited, near Beaumont, California in the early 1950s, is from an original watercolor by the late Ernie Towler.

Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are by James E. Lancaster and are Copyright 1998, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2019. Also, each photo or set of photos opens as a separate web page. Photos added in the last update are identified by the icon.

• Steve Delano Photo Albums
• Orange County - SP Tustin Branch, PE in Orange, SP in Anaheim
• Inland Empire - ATSF, UP and SP in Riverside, Highgrove and Pedley

• Marty Quaas Photo Album 
  Southern Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific and Pacific Electric in the Inland Empire

• Southern Pacific

  The first sets of photos are from other photographers.

  • Cascade at Oakland 16th Street Station in the mid-1960s. (Photo)
  • Heavyweight Passenger Cars. (Photos)
  • Freight Train Wreck on the Sunset-Golden State Route, Late-1940s. (Photos)
  • Plane Crash and SP Steam Locomotive, New Mexico, Late-1940s. (Photo)
  • Sacramento Daylight, Lathrop, CA, 8/48. (Photo)
  • Golden State Limited, Nicklin (near Beaumont), CA, 5/48. (Photo)
  • Mission Road Coach Yard, Los Angeles, CA, Early 1950s. Part 1. (Nine Photos)
  • Mission Road Coach Yard, Los Angeles, CA, Early 1950s. Part 2. (Five Photos)
  • Shasta Daylight, Dunsmuir, CA, Early 1950s. (Photo)
  • Argonaut, Alhambra, CA, Mid-1950s. (Photo)

  The following are some of my own favorite SP photos that I took between December, 1963 and September, 1979.

  • Sunset Limited, Houston, TX, 12/63. (Two Photos)
  • New ALCo Century 628s, Colton, CA, 5/64. (Photo)
  • Niland Stub Train, Colton, CA, 5/64. (Two Photos )
  • Coast Daylight, San Luis Obispo, CA, 1/65. (Four Photos)
  • Combined Sunset/Golden State, Colton, CA, 9/65. (Five Photos) 
  • Shasta Daylight, Chemult, OR, 8/66. (Photo)
  • Combined Sunset/Golden State, Los Angeles, CA, 7/67. (Photo)
  • Taylor Yard, Los Angeles, CA, 7/67. (Photo)
  • SP & NP F-Units, Seattle, WA, 8/67. (Four Photos)
  • City of San Francisco, Richmond, CA, 3/68. (Four Photos)
  • PRS Excursion, Caliente, CA 4/68. (Three Photos)
  • Mission Road Coach Yard, Los Angeles, CA, 5/68. (Photo)
  • Lark and Shasta Daylight Triple Unit Diners, Houston, TX, 8/70. (Two Photos)
  • Official cars, 12/63, 4/68 and 8/70. (Four Photos)
  • City of San Francisco, Sparks, NV, 2/71. (Four Photos)
  • Last San Joaquin Daylight, Delano, CA, 4/30/71. (Four Photos)
  • Common Standard Station, Lone Pine, CA, 3/74 and 4/98. (Six Photos)
  • Wooden (Possibly PFE) Reefer Body, Indio, CA, 1/76. (Two Photos)
  • MoW Cars, Beaumont, CA, Spring 1976. (Nine Photos)
  • Seaboard Coast Line Demonstrators, Cajon Pass, CA, 11/77. (Four Photos)
  • SP and UP Powered Freight, Cajon Pass, CA, 7/78. (Photo)
  • ALCo Century 628s, Colton Tower, CA, 7/78. (Photo)
  • Locomotive Deadline, Los Angeles, CA, 7/79. (Five photos)
  • Huntington Beach Local, Huntington Beach, CA, 9/79. (Photo)
  
  
  
• Union Pacific
  • Pullmans, East Los Angeles, CA, early-1950s. (Three Photos)
  • Train of Tomorrow Cars, Seattle, WA, early-1950s. (Three Photos)
  • Portland Seattle Pool Trains 457-458, Seattle, WA, 6/65-4/69. (Eight Photos)
  • Side-Door Caboose, Cheyenne, WY, 6/65. (Photo)
  • Cajon Pass, CA, 1964 (Photo Gallery)
  • San Bernardino, CA, 1964-65 (Photo Gallery)
  • Freight Power, Seattle, WA, 1967. (Two Photos)
  • City of Denver, Fort Morgan, CO, 12/67. (Photo)
  • Portland Rose, Pocatello, ID, 9/68. (Photo)
  • Heavily Weathered Caboose, Seattle, WA, 1/79. (Photo)
  
  
• Great Northern
  • International, Northwest Washington, 1950-51. (Two Photos)
  • Memories of Ferndale, WA in the Early 1950s
           A virtual gallery of B&W photos of passenger and freight trains
•  GN in Seattle-Part 1 A Pleasant Way to Spend an Afternoon, 5/67
  
•  GN in Seattle-Part 2 Western Star at King Street Station, 7/67
  
  
• Northern Pacific
  
  • Passenger Train in Auburn WA, 1952 or 53 (Photo)
  • EMD FTs, Sumas, WA, 4/66. (Photo)
  • North Coast Limited, Seattle, WA, 7/67. (Photo)
  
  
• Milwaukee Road
  
  • My grandfather, James H. Wilson (1866-1959), was involved in building the Milwaukee Road bridge across the Columbia River at Beverly, WA in 1908. I've created a web page with photos taken during the construction period. They were passed down to me from my grandmother. (Bridge Construction Photos)
  • Olympian Hiawatha, Seattle, WA, Early-1950s. (Photo)

• Burlington Northern
• BN in Seattle-Part 1 Evening Train Time at King Street Station, 12/70
  
  
• Seattle
  
• Union Station-King Street Station area from the top of the Smith Tower in 1954.
• Reconstruction of Alan Winston's Terry Avenue web page from Seattle Spur and Spot.
• Street Trackage in Seattle's Terry Avenue.
  

• Skagit River Railway
  
  • Newhalem, WA, 1951. (Three Photos)
  
  
• Santa Fe
  
  • Union Station, Houston, TX, 12/63. (Two Photos)
  • Cajon Pass, CA, 1964 (Photo Gallery)
  • San Bernardino, CA, 1964-65 (Photo Gallery)
    
  • Grand Canyon Connecting Train, Grand Canyon, AZ, 6/65. (Photo)
  • San Diegan, Santa Ana, CA, 7/70. (Two Photos)
  
  
• Railway Express Agency
  
  • Ex-Troop Sleeper Rebuilt To Express Refrigerator Car, Early 1950s. (Photo)
  • REA Step Van, Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, 11/75. (Photo)
  • Ex-REA Step Van, Seattle, WA, 8/79. (Photo)
  
  
• Speciality Cars
  
  • Chateau Martin Wine Cars of the 1940s, 50s, 60s and 70s. (Photo Gallery)
  
  
• Amtrak (Santa Fe and Southern Pacific)
  
  • San Diegan/Coast Starlight, Los Angeles, CA, 6/71. (Photo)
  • San Diegan/Coast Starlight, Santa Ana, CA, 7/71. (Three Photos)
  
  

Note: Unless otherwise indicated, all photos are by James E. Lancaster and are Copyright 1998, 1999 and 2002. Also, each photo or set of photos opens as a separate web page.

• Europe
  
  • Eurostar, Waterloo Station, London, UK, 7/97. (Photo)
  
  
• Then and Now: Great Northern and Amtrak
  
  • International, 1950-51, and Mt. Baker International, 3/1/99, Ferndale, WA. (Six Photos)
  
  
• ATSF 3751 to Railfair
  
  • Follow ATSF 3751 from Fullerton to Cajon, 6/13/99 (Six Photos)
  
  
• Amtrak Southwest Chief and UP 3985 on Cajon Pass
  
  • Amtrak Southwest Chief on Cajon Pass, 8/6/00 (Four Photos)
  • Follow UP 3985 down Cajon Pass to San Bernardino, 8/6/00 (Ten Photos)
  
  
• SP 4449 at SPH&TS Convention
  
  • SP 4449 at Hillsboro, OR, 9/30/00 (Five Photos)

• Historic Packing Houses and other Railroad-Related Industries in Southern California. 

• Historic Packing Houses, Packing Sheds and Other Industrial Structures in Central and Northern California

• Mammoth Orange and Giant Orange Stands Along Hiway 99 

• Chateau Martin Wine Cars  

• I'm a founding member of the Southern Pacific Historical and Technical Society (Member #6). The society publishes a quarterly magazine named TRAINLINE to which I occasionally contribute an article on passenger trains.

• I'm also a member of the following:

  • Union Pacific Historical Society
  • Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society
  • Great Northern Railway Historical Society