A photograph of an Amtrak train operating over newly installed crossing diamonds at Tower 105 in San Antonio, Texas. Southern Pacific's construction crew is waiting in the clear so it can return to work after the train has passed through the area. The photograph was taken by Mike McGinley.
Southern Pacific tie gang working with a scarifier inserter on the San Antonio Division. This mechanical device dramatically sped-up the removal of existing ties and insertion of new ties in their place.
The Tijuana & Tecate Railway (T&T) connected the western and eastern ends of the Southern Pacific's subsidiary, the San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway. The T&T's trackage and facilities were located solely in Mexico, and the T&T was a subsidiary of Southern Pacific until July 1, 1970.
The Globe-Democrat's high school athletes of 1974-75 gathered recently to swap stories and talk of future plans. They are (from left) Jerome Heavens of Assumption (football), Hazelwood East's Al Olmstead (baseball), Triad's Brad Droy (basketball) and Sumner's Oscar Harvey (track).